an empire style kneehole writing desk modern

Estimate

8,000 - 10,000 USD

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Description

height 31 in.; width 73 1/2 in.; depth 37 5/8 in.
78.7 cm; 186.7 cm; 95.5 cm

gilt-tooled brown leather writing surface, ebonised wood and Karelian birch veneer, the frieze with lapis lazuli, porphyry, agate and bloodstone reserves, with six drawers.

Catalogue Note

Sold, Sotheby's, New York, September 27, 1996, lot 375.