Lot Essay
Pierre-Harry Mewesen, maître in 1766.
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BY PIERRE-HARRY MEWESEN, MID-18TH CENTURY, ADAPTED
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, TULPIWOOD, ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY COIFFEUSE
BY PIERRE-HARRY MEWESEN, MID-18TH CENTURY, ADAPTED
Inlaid á quatre faces, with floral and foliate sprays, the shaped rectangular crossbanded top with three simulated panels depicting musical attributes and floral sprays, above a gilt-tooled aubergine leather-lined writing slide, and shaped drawer, flanked by four graduated shaped drawers, the keeled-angles above cabriole legs terminating in foliate-cast sabots, stamped 'JME' and P.H. MEWESEN', losses to the veneer, the hinged top now fixed
30 in. (76.5 cm.) high; 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep
BY PIERRE-HARRY MEWESEN, MID-18TH CENTURY, ADAPTED
Inlaid á quatre faces, with floral and foliate sprays, the shaped rectangular crossbanded top with three simulated panels depicting musical attributes and floral sprays, above a gilt-tooled aubergine leather-lined writing slide, and shaped drawer, flanked by four graduated shaped drawers, the keeled-angles above cabriole legs terminating in foliate-cast sabots, stamped 'JME' and P.H. MEWESEN', losses to the veneer, the hinged top now fixed
30 in. (76.5 cm.) high; 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep
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