Details

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE Inlaid overall with floral sprays, the rectangular eared top with moulded border, the frieze with a leather-lined slide, the shaped side drawer with three small and one large compartment, with foliate angle mounts, on cabriole legs joined by a concave-fronted galleried undertier, on scrolling foliate sabots, two sabots missing, remounted, restorations to the marquetry 26 in. (66 cm.) high; 17½ (44.5 cm.) wide; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 June 1987, lot 59 (to Dreesmann). Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-114).

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