Lot 124
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An Anglo-French Rococo style ormolu-mounted mahogany pedestal desk
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An Anglo-French Rococo style ormolu-mounted mahogany pedestal desk

BY C. MELLIER & CO., LONDON, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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An Anglo-French Rococo style ormolu-mounted mahogany pedestal desk
By C. Mellier & Co., London, Last quarter 19th Century
The shaped top inset with a green leather writing-surface, surmounted by two super-structures, each with pierced three-quarter gallery above four small leather-lined drawers and a pigeon-hole, the frieze fronted by three drawers, one with light stamp to the top C. MELLIER & CO./LONDON, the lockplates also stamped MELLIER & CO./LONDON, the kneehole flanked to each side by two simulated drawer fronts, each pulling out and hinging to reveal six and four drawers respectively, the kneehole sides, ends and back with mask and scrolling floral mounts, on eight acanthus-cast feet
36 in. (92 cm.) high; 70 in. (178 cm.) wide; 35½ in. (90 cm.) deep
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Operating from premises located at 60 Margaret Street and Cavendish Square, London, the Anglo-French firm of Mellier & Co. is recorded as having taken over the family business of Monbro, when the latter ceased trading in the 1880s (see C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, Woodbridge, 1981, p. 40).
They were amongst the English manufacturers who exhibited at the 1904 St Louis International Exibition.

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