Lot 244
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

ATTRIBUTED TO MARTIN-ETIENNE L'HERMITE, CIRCA 1750

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
ATTRIBUTED TO MARTIN-ETIENNE L'HERMITE, CIRCA 1750
The three-quarter galleried canted rectangular top inlaid with scrolling strapwork enclosing ribbon-tied bois de bout floral sprays above a frieze fitted with a short drawer fitted for writing utensils and a gilt-tooled green leather lined slide, all similarly inlaid sans traverse, each side similarly inlaid and fitted with a drawer, the back inlaid with floral sprays, on cabriole legs ending in scroll sabots and with a paper label inscribed in ink "Earl of Rosslyn" and numbered '466', another paper label inscribed '6496'
30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) high, 18 ¾ in. (48 cm.) wide, 15 ¼ in. (39 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Earls of Rosslyn, probably acquired from Stonerwood Park, Petersfield, Hamphire.
Joseph Gruss; Christie's, New York, 26 April 1994, lot 262.

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Lot Essay

Martin-Etienne L'Hermite, maître in 1753

A closely related table by L'Hermite was sold from the collection of Florence Gould, see Sotheby's Monaco, 25 June 1984, lot 70, and subsequently 14 May 1985, lot 258.

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