A FRENCH TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY MINIATURE SECRETAIRE

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY MINIATURE SECRETAIRE
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Of Louis XV style, with a serpentine white marble top, above a small drawer, above a fallfront with an embossed green leather writing surface and two drawers, above a cupboard door with later shelf, on sabot feet, stamped 'EHB', with white paper label inscribed in black ink '7285' in numerous places, with black ink stamp inscribed '...FRANCAISES...' four times, inscribed in blue ink '8088'
46½ in. (118 cm.) high, 25 in. (63.5 cm.) wide, 12¼ in. (31 cm.) deep

Provenance

with Dalva Brothers, New York.

Lot Essay

The brand EHB is that of the celebrated dealer Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1845), who was trading as an 'Ornamental China-Dealer', 'Furniture Broker and Appraiser' and 'Foreign China and Furniture Warehouseman'. Baldock was perhaps the most influential figure in the London art market in the early 19th century, numbering among his clients King George IV, the Dukes of Northumberland and Buccleuch and William Beckford.

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