Lot 94
  • 94

A French `Boulle' red tortoiseshell, brass inlaid and ebonised bureau plat Napoleon III, circa 1860

Estimate
2,500 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • 75cm. high, 138cm. wide, 71cm. deep; 2ft. 5½in., 4ft. 6¼in., 2ft. 4in.
with applied gilt-metal mounts and two drawers

Literature

M. Girouard, 'Carlton Towers, Yorkshire I', Country Life, 26 January 1967, p.177, illustrated in the Harp Room.

Condition

This table is in `country house' condition. Several mounts are loose and there are characteristic losses throughout to the `Boulle' both to the shell and also brass which will require considerable restoration
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