Lot Essay
Benoît Butte, dit Beauclair, maître in 1767.
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BY BENOIT BUTTE, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE TOP RELAID BUT THE VENEER PROBABLY ORIGINAL
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A LOUIS XV TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE, HAREWOOD AND FLORAL MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
BY BENOIT BUTTE, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE TOP RELAID BUT THE VENEER PROBABLY ORIGINAL
The serpentine sliding top with three shaped panels decorated with sprays of flowers and framed by scrolls, with a hinged slide lined to one side with gilt-tooled leather and with a mirror to the reverse, above a frieze decorated with flower-filled shaped panels, fitted with a deep drawer to the right, on cabriole legs mounted with pierced mounts and terminating in foliate sabots, stamped eight times 'B. BUTTE', with a label numbered '25 10', the border around the top probably replaced at the time the top was relaid
26¾ in. (68 cm.) high; 25¾ in. (65 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep
BY BENOIT BUTTE, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE TOP RELAID BUT THE VENEER PROBABLY ORIGINAL
The serpentine sliding top with three shaped panels decorated with sprays of flowers and framed by scrolls, with a hinged slide lined to one side with gilt-tooled leather and with a mirror to the reverse, above a frieze decorated with flower-filled shaped panels, fitted with a deep drawer to the right, on cabriole legs mounted with pierced mounts and terminating in foliate sabots, stamped eight times 'B. BUTTE', with a label numbered '25 10', the border around the top probably replaced at the time the top was relaid
26¾ in. (68 cm.) high; 25¾ in. (65 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep
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