Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21 Oct 2020
A FRENCH MAHOGANY TABLE A ECRIRE IN LOUIS XVI STYLE EARLY 20TH CENTURY with gilt bronze mounts
A FRENCH MAHOGANY TABLE A ECRIRE IN LOUIS XVI STYLE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
with gilt bronze mounts, of kidney shape, the raised cartonnier back applied with twin-light rose, leaf and flaming torch sconces, inset with a clock, above four gilt tooled leather fronted drawers, above a conforming writing surface with three frieze drawers, with lion's mask handles and floral swag mounts, the central drawer stamped 'Count de Cuciava', the back with conforming swags and baskets of flower mounts
115.3cm high, 136.5cm, 61cm deep
Literature
Christopher Payne, 19th century European Furniture, p.134, pl.325 for a similar example of a kidney shape table a ecrire.