A FRENCH MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE IN LOUIS XVI STYLE 19TH CENTURY with gilt bronze mounts and...

A FRENCH MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE IN LOUIS XVI STYLE

19TH CENTURY

with gilt bronze mounts and banded with tulipwood, the oval top inlaid with a basket of flowers, above a pull-out leather lined slide and a side frieze drawer, with further floral marquetry inlay, on cabriole legs and leaf cast sabots united by a conforming undertier, the underside with an applied metal label inscribed 'Hamilton Place Collection K.P.G.'

76cm high, 57cm wide. 39.4cm deep

PROVENANCE

Leopold Rothschild (1845-1917)

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

CATALOGUE NOTE

Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879) acquired the lease of 5 Hamilton Place which was situated behind his house, 148 Piccadilly, bordering Hyde Park. He bequeathed it to his youngest son, Leopold (1845-1917).