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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND SATINWOOD MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND SATINWOOD MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND SATINWOOD MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND SATINWOOD MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND SATINWOOD MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE

BY BERNARD II VAN RISENBURGH, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND SATINWOOD MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE
BY BERNARD II VAN RISENBURGH, MID-18TH CENTURY
The cartouche-form top with kidney-shaped tooled leather writing surface within marquetry panels above a conforming frieze centered by a foliate shell and fitted with a leather-lined writing slide and two lateral drawers fitted with wells and a blue silk-lined compartment, cabriole legs headed by mounts cast with cabochon and guilloche motif above a floral trail, stamped once BVRB, all but one mount stamped with the 'C' couronné poinçon
28 in. (71 cm.) high, 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) wide, 17 ½ in. (45 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.

Lot Essay

Bernard II van Risenburgh, maître in 1733.

The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749. For a discussion on tables of this type by BVRB, please see lot 29 in Rothschild Masterpieces: Evening Sale.

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