Lot 302
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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD AND CALAMANDER WRITING-TABLE
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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD AND CALAMANDER WRITING-TABLE

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD AND CALAMANDER WRITING-TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rounded rectangular top with pierced Greek-key three-quarter gallery above two frieze drawers, on later lyre end-suports, joined by an arched stretcher with downswept legs, brass foliate caps and castors, the handles replaced
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 40¼ in. (102 cm.) wide; 24¼ in. (61.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 October 1994, lot 75.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 4 July 1997, lot 102.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

A rosewood table of this pattern, with 'Apollo' lyre pilasters and palm-flowered drawers and feet, was sold Christie's, London, 12 March 1970 (lot 24) and again on 6 October 1994 (lot 75). Another is illustrated in F.Lewis Hinckley, Hepplewhite, Sheraton & Regency Furniture, 1987, p. 95 (pl. 181).

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