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508 - A flat-topped desk with a highly ornamented top in blackened…
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Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
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Description
A flat-topped desk with a highly ornamented top in blackened wood, featuring rich decoration imitating Japanese lacquer, executed in a varnish known as ‘Martin’, depicting palace scenes and pagoda landscapes within red-stained latticework borders. It opens to reveal three drawers running along the front and features three faux drawers on the back. The top is covered in fawn-coloured leather with gold-embossed decoration in fine linework and edged with a moulded border. Ornamentation in chiselled and gilded bronze featuring a design of shells, leaves and scalloped medallions. Mid-19th-century Louis XV style Height: 76 cm Width: 73 cm Length: 143 cm Key missing; standard restoration work and signs of wear.
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About the sale PRESTIGE - CLASSICAL CENTURIES - VAYRES CASTLE
Auction location
Auction time 10/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
Lot description modified on 09/30/2026 at 10:07 AM
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