Lot 344
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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID MARQUETRY EBONY TABLE À ÉCRIRE

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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID MARQUETRY EBONY TABLE À ÉCRIRE
The rectangular panelled and blue-velvet inset top with a cast leaf-tip edge, over a fitted side drawer, the reverse with a similar drawer, on square tapering legs headed by square collars joined by an H-form stretcher, with toupie feet, inlaid all over with strapwork, restorations
27in. (68.5cm.) high, 29in. (74cm.) wide, 19in. (48cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A table à écrire of similar compact form, possibly made for Louis XIV, is in the J.Paul Getty Museum,Malibu, illustrated in C.Bremer-David,Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J.Paul Getty Museum,1993,p.56,no.56.