Sale 9691
London, South Kensington
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17 September 2003
Price realised
GBP 3,290
Estimate
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU DE DAME Inlaid a quatre faces, the top, front and sides inlaid with trellis overlaying lozenge medallions, the shaped sloping front enclosing an interior fitted with pigeon holes, eight drawers and a veneered well, with bombe sides, on square sectioned cabriole legs with foliate cast pierced mounts continung to the sabots, remounted, the interior later 36in. (92cm.) high, 33½in. (95cm.) wide, 20½in. (52cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 25 March 1966, lot 102
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