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CIRCA 1765
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, BOIS SATINE, TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
CIRCA 1765
The moulded sarrancolin marble top above a frieze drawer and shaped rectangular fall-front inlaid with a ribbon-tied floral bouquets, enclosing a later gilt-tooled brown leather-lined writing surface and a fitted interior, above a pair of doors inlaid with a floral bouquet, enclosing a divided shelf, the sides conformingly inlaid, with shaped apron mounted with scrolling foliage centred by a flaming urn, on short cabriole legs with acanthus-cast sabots, probably remounted
57 ½ in. (146 cm.) high; 38 ¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 13 ½ in. (34 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1765
The moulded sarrancolin marble top above a frieze drawer and shaped rectangular fall-front inlaid with a ribbon-tied floral bouquets, enclosing a later gilt-tooled brown leather-lined writing surface and a fitted interior, above a pair of doors inlaid with a floral bouquet, enclosing a divided shelf, the sides conformingly inlaid, with shaped apron mounted with scrolling foliage centred by a flaming urn, on short cabriole legs with acanthus-cast sabots, probably remounted
57 ½ in. (146 cm.) high; 38 ¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 13 ½ in. (34 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Paris, 10 November 2009, lot 195 (€30,750 inc. premium).
Special notice
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Amelia Walker
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