Lot 35
  • 35

A Louis XV ormolu-mounted tulipwood and marquetry table à écrire circa 1750, stamped Delorme

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Adrien Delorme, maître in 1748
  • tulipwood, fruitwood, oak, gilt-bronze
  • height 28 3/4 in.; width 18 1/2 in.; depth 12 1/2 in.
  • 73 cm; 47 cm; 32 cm
paper label for Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt-am-Main with inventory number G-R.539

Provenance

Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Roter Salon in Palais Goldschmidt, Bockenheimer Landstraß, Frankfurt-am-Main
Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt-am-Main, acquired from the above November 11, 1938 (inventory no. G-R 539)
Restituted to the heirs of Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, January, 19th, 1949
Property from the Estate of Sarah Jane Pansa, sold Sotheby's New York, November 8, 1985, lot 62

Condition

Sabots probably associated. Age cracks, infill, and restorations to marquetry. Restored age cracks to top. Losses to marquetry on legs. A six inch loss to the top of the back moulding, visible only upon close inspection.
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