細節
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AMARANTH AND SATINE MARQUETRY WRITING AND READING TABLE
BY JACQUES-PHILIPPE CAREL, CIRCA 1745-1749
The top with a central ratcheted and hinged book rest flanked by hinged compartments above a pull-out writing rest and frieze drawer with further writing rest, the opposing frieze drawer fitted with a pull-out silk-lined fire screen, stamped CAREL twice and JME once to one short side, three chutes stamped with the C Couronné poinçon
28 in. (71 cm.) high, 34 ¾ in. (88.5 cm.) wide, 18 in. (45.5 cm.) deep
來源
Acquired from Kraemer & Cie., Paris, in the 1960s.
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