Lot 374
374
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SERPENTINE TABLE DE SALON
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more West Dean was entirely re-equipped and redecorated by the renowned firm of Ernest George and Harold Ainsworth Peto, when the estate was acquired by William Dodge James in 1891. The mix of English, French and other continental pieces illustrates the taste for the eclectic and the foreign which the James's, keen travellers - and particularly Edward - were renowned for. The James's entertained on a sumptuous scale. Edward's acquaintances included Salvador Dalì, Aldous Huxley, Lady Cunard, Nancy and Ronald Tree, and Lady Colefax.
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SERPENTINE TABLE DE SALON

BY PIERRE MIGEON, MID-18TH CENTURY

Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SERPENTINE TABLE DE SALON
BY PIERRE MIGEON, MID-18TH CENTURY
The shaped top with central ribbon-tied foliate spray in a cartouche, above three drawers, the top drawer enclosing a leather-lined writing-surface and four divisions, on cabriole legs joined by an undertier inlaid 'à quatre faces', with foliate-cast sabots, stamped thrice 'JME' and twice 'MIGEON', the underside with copper inventory plaque impressed '1224'
27¼ in. (69 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Edward James Collection, West Dean Park, West Sussex; Christie's house sale, 2, 3 and 6 June 1986, lot 109.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Pierre Migeon II, maitre circa 1738.

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