A fine Louis XVI period landscape tulipwood and marquetry and gilt-bronze mounted table-a-ecrire, French circa 1770 with later alterations to the top 86 cm wide 45 cm deep closed 71 cm high. Provenance: Probably Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess of Londonderry ( 1778-1854) and Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry ( 1800-1865) and thence by descent. Christies London Works of Art from the Marquesses of Londonderry 22/23 May 2014 Lot 461. A highly significant private Sydney collection. Reference: Londonderry House Inventory 1886 p. 55, yellow drawing room, '34' tulipwood marquetry table sliding top inlaid with views, ormolu mounted'. Royal Aero Club, Londonderry House inventory, 1949, p. 6, library. Illustrated in situ in the drawing room of Alexander Charles Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry ( 1937-2012) at his Hampstead home circa 1965. Dimensions: 86 cm wide 45 cm deep closed 71 cm high