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Louis XV boulle center table desk, with single drawer, mother…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
19-Oct-2014
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Description:
Louis XV boulle center table desk, with single drawer, mother of pearl inlay & ormolu mounts, 147 cm x 90 cm, 78 cm high, some restoration needed. The inside of the drawer bears a Christie's Auction label 'Removed from Hughendon Manor & Curzon St. The Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G. Deceased: 310 an oval-shaped ebonised . With trellis and other ornaments in ormolu and mother of pearl, and mounted border and ornaments .', Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British Conservative politician, writer and aristocrat who twice served as British Prime Minister (1868 and 1874-80). Subsequently sold by James R. Lawson Pty, in May 1954, lot 553. Copy of catalogue included with table
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Category:
Furniture: Desks - Small