A Louis XV/XVI tulipwood and bois de bout table à écrire circa 1750, stamped N. Petit JME twice and stamped once L. Boudin

the rectangular top with canted corners fitted with an ormolu border, the front fitted with a brown leather-lined writing slide, one side with a drawer fitted with compartments, raised on slender cabriole legs; the top and the frieze veneered all around with bois de bout marquetry forming floral and foliate motifs within banded borders on a tulipwood ground.

The colors are more attractive than in the catalogue illustration. In overall sound condition. There are visible lines and slight cracks to the top with some varnish slightly lifting and going opaque. The top is warping along these lines. However this can all be professionally restored to desired effect. Minor marks to the marquerty with very small losses, particularly to the legs. In otherwise good condition.
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