Sale 2360
New York
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23 November 2010
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION (LOT 34)
Price realised
USD 28,750
Estimate
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY The three-quarter galleried top above a rectangular frieze set to the front with a drawer fitted with a writing slide, on foliate-clasped tapering legs joined by a shaped undertier 29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high, 23½ in. (59.7 cm.) wide, 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep
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The present table is a direct copy of Jean-Henri Riesener's original supplied in 1780 for Marie-Antoinette's cabinet intérieur at Versailles.
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