Lot Essay
Fidelys Schey, maître in 1777.
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BY FIDELYS SCHEY
Details
A LOUIS XVI MAHOGANY TRAVELLING BOOKSTAND
By Fidelys Schey
The hinged ratcheted bookrest with hinged bookstop and enclosing a green baize-lined surface, the flaps inlaid with a star motif on an ebony ground, stamped 'F. SCHEY'
9½ in. (24 cm.) long; 7 in. (18 cm.) wide
By Fidelys Schey
The hinged ratcheted bookrest with hinged bookstop and enclosing a green baize-lined surface, the flaps inlaid with a star motif on an ebony ground, stamped 'F. SCHEY'
9½ in. (24 cm.) long; 7 in. (18 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 June 1988, lot 6 (to Dreesmann). Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-130).
Special notice
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