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A LARGE FRENCH MAHOGANY AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED DESK
MID-20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JACOB DESMALTER
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A LARGE FRENCH MAHOGANY AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED DESK
MID-20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JACOB DESMALTER
With leather top and three frieze drawers, on Ionic column supports with plinths, each drawer with stencil 'LECOULES 62 RUE TAITBOUT 75009 PARIS'
29 ½ in. (76 cm.) high; 78 ½ in. (200 cm.) wide; 39 ½ in. (100 cm.) deep
Special notice
This Lot is transferred to an offsite warehouse ‘Cadogan Tate’ at the close of business on the day of the sale. We will give you 2 weeks free storage from the date of the sale and after that point charges apply. All other lots will be held at Christie''s South Kensington until 5pm the fifth Friday after the sale. It will then be transferred to Cadogan Tate.
Lot Essay
Founded in 1905 by Justin Lécoules, Maison Lécoules was a prominent furniture gallery in Paris located at 62 Rue Taitbout, specialising in fine French furniture