Sale 7384
London
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29 March 2007
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Price realised
GBP 9,600
Estimate
A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU A CYLINDRE LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY The galleried gris marble top above a fan-veneered parquetry tambour enclosing an interior with pull-out writing surface, three drawers, two cupboards with faux bookspine doors and a large central pigeon-hole, the sides set with a Bacchic mask, above four drawers, on cabriole legs headed by ram's mask clasps, on foliate sabots 43½ in. (110 cm.) high; 40½ in. (103 cm.) wide; 22¾ in. (58 cm.) deep
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