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    Sale 6406

    Important European Furniture,Tapestries, Carpets & Porcelain

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    14 December 2000

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    • A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULI
    Lot 197

    A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, SYCAMORE AND PARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

    Price realised

    GBP 30,550

    Estimate

    GBP 25,000 - GBP 40,000

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    A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, SYCAMORE AND PARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
    With lozenge cube parquetry panels to the top and frieze, the serpentine rectangular sliding top above a fitted frieze drawer with green leather-lined writing-surface flanked by three metal pots, on cabriole legs with amaranth to the inside, headed by satyr-mask mounts, with C-scroll cabochon sabots, with remains of paper label to the underside, inscribed in blue chalk '26', remounted
    27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high; 25½ in. (65 cm.) wide; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep

    Provenance

    Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 17th June 1987, lot 55 (£23,000 + premium)

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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