07-19-200307-19-2003
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2204Boston
July 19, 2003 10:00 AMCalender
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Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marble-top and Tulipwood Parquetry and

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$15,275$13,000
Auction: Sale #2204 - 2204Location: BostonDate / Time: July 19, 2003 10:00AM

Description:

Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marble-top and Tulipwood Parquetry and Amboyna Inlaid Writing Desk, c. 1860, with breakfronted top above a frieze mounted with a panel of putti musicians and vitruvian scrolls, two glass doors and one central door having an oval plaque with birds and foliage; the lower section fitted with a sliding writing surface, foliage cast mounts and a central medallion flanked by two drawers, all on square tapered legs fitted with ram's heads and husks, ht. 53, wd. 38, dp. 19 1/2 in.
Estimate $5,000-7,000

Keywords

Fine Louis XVI