Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Hédouin, maître in 1738.
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BY JEAN-BAPTISTE HÉDOUIN
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD BIBLIOTHEQUE
By Jean-Baptiste Hédouin
With later veined red and white marble serpentine top above a pair of glazed and quarter-veneered doors enclosing two later adjustable shelves, the sides each with a pair of panels veneered à quatre face, above a shaped apron with a pierced foliate mount, on bracket feet, indistinctly stamped 'JME' twice and '...IE...OUIN..' twice, inscribed in red chalk on the reverse '2087', remounted and previously further mounted, restorations to the veneers
65 in. (165 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
By Jean-Baptiste Hédouin
With later veined red and white marble serpentine top above a pair of glazed and quarter-veneered doors enclosing two later adjustable shelves, the sides each with a pair of panels veneered à quatre face, above a shaped apron with a pierced foliate mount, on bracket feet, indistinctly stamped 'JME' twice and '...IE...OUIN..' twice, inscribed in red chalk on the reverse '2087', remounted and previously further mounted, restorations to the veneers
65 in. (165 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 October 1970, lot 137 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-89).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-89).
Special notice
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