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Lot 80
  • 80

A German ivory and mother-of-pearl inlaid oak and ebonised writing desk probably Saxony, late 17th century

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ivory, mother of pearl, oak
  • 86.5cm. high, 104.5cm. wide, 67cm. deep; 2ft. 10in., 3ft. 5in., 2ft. 2½in.
the hinged top opening to reveal a decorated writing surface and eight small drawers, one of them containing an ink pot and a sander, with a further hinged fall to the front, all sides with conforming decoration, on a later stand

Catalogue Note

Comparative Literature:
Heinrich Kreisel, Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, Vol. I, Munich,1968, plate 591 for a closely related writing desk.

Another similar piece is in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (W.666:1 to 11-2001).