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Lot 364 Dα

A Louis XV writing cabinet

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
17.11.2022, 14:30 - Decorative Arts - Sculpture Bronze Furniture Textiles
Estimate: 6.000 € - 9.000 €

A Louis XV writing cabinet

Rosewood and palisander veneer on oak, ormolu mountings, (replaced) gilt embossed leather, red and white marble. Fall-front writing desk with two-doored cabinet below on short serpentine supports. The writing compartment with six drawers and five pidgeon holes in a tiered arrangement. Decorated on three faces with fine heart-shaped rosewood veneers. Minor losses to the veneer, restored earlier insect damage. H 128.5, W 97.5, D 42 cm.
France, mid-18th C.

Literature

For the veneers, see the secrétaire by Pierre Plée (1742 - 1810) in Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 2008, p. 704.