Lot 299
  • 299

A Charles X ormolu-mounted amboyna, mahogany, burr walnut and mother-of-pearl inlaid cartonnier circa 1830, stamped Morel-Goyez, Lille

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • height 55 1/4 in.; width 64 3/4 in.; depth 17 in.
  • 1.40 m; 1.64 m; 43 cm
with a rectangular green marble top of breakfront outline above three fall-fronts simulating four short above four long drawers enclosing wooden boxes, flanked by a pair of doors enclosing further boxes; outlined with burrwood borders highlighted with mother-of-pearl rosettes; raised on ormolu feet.



The top with ink inventory number 7025.

Provenance

Sold at auction, Hotel Drouot, Paris, June 10, 1981, lot 154

Collection of Roberto Polo (chalk inscription on the back of the case)

Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, November 24, 1987, lot 217