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A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted tulipwood, amaranth, satinwood and marquetry lady's writing table

BY ALFRED BEURDELEY, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted tulipwood, amaranth, satinwood and marquetry lady's writing table
By Alfred Beurdeley, Paris, last quarter 19th century
Of serpentine outline, the sliding top inlaid with monkeys, dancing and playing musical instruments, and with musical trophies within floral trelliswork, the frieze drawer with a fitted slide and covered compartments, stamped to the underside A BEURDELEY A PARIS
29 1/2in. (75cm.) high; 21 1/4in. (54cm.) wide: 13 1/4in. (34cm.) 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

The marquetry scene on the top of this writing table derives from engravings published in Paris in the mid-eighteenth century entitled Le Tambour de Basque and Le Tambourin by J. Guelard after designs by Christophe Huet (d.1759).

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