Lot 52
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A LOUIS XV GILT-TOOLED RED-LEATHER BINDING,

NOW CONVERTED FROM A BOOK BINDING INTO A DESK BLOTTER

Details
A LOUIS XV GILT-TOOLED RED-LEATHER BINDING,
Now converted from a book binding into a desk blotter
Each rectangular panel centering a coat of arms surmounted by a coronet within elaborately scrolled foliate borders incorporating shells, flower-filled baskets and birds
15¾ x 10¼in. (40 x 26cm.) closed
Provenance
Madame la Marquise de Pompadour.
Acquired from Mallett, London, 14 May 1985.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

A copy of Lodovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, 1634, with the marquise de Pompadour's arms embossed on the binding was sold in her sale in Paris, 1765, lot 1304 and was subsequently in the Wrightsman Collection (illustrated in F. J. B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection - III, New York, 1970, no.74).

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