19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property Formerly from the Palacio Ferreyra, Argentina

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Lot 225
  • 225

A Louis XV style writing table French, circa 1880, in the manner of Jean-FranÇois Oeben

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 25 3/4 in.; width 24 1/2 in.; depth 13 in.
  • 65.5 cm; 62.2 cm; 33 cm
the top with an elaborate floral marquetry with kingwood, satiné, amaranth, sycamore, burr wood and satinwood sliding towards the back to reveal a kingwood veneered drawer with dividers, the four sides similarly decorated with amaranth foliate marquetry on burr walnut ground within kingwood bandings.

Literature

Rosemarie Stratmann-Döhler, Jean-François Oeben, Les éditions de l' amteur, Paris, 2002, pp. 115-135 for the illustration of similar writing tables with elaborate marquetry top close to the one on the present lot.