European Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
European Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Property from the Collection of the Late Paula and Don Gaston
A Louis XV/XVI Transitional Tulipwood and Parquetry Table à Ecrire, Third Quarter 18th Century
Lot Closed
April 12, 03:27 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the Late Paula and Don Gaston
A Louis XV/XVI Transitional Tulipwood and Parquetry Table à Ecrire, Third Quarter 18th Century
the oval cross-banded galleried top with diamond trellis inlay centering quatre foil florettes, the frieze containing a pull-out slide and a drawer, raised on angular cabriole legs joined by a crescent-form shelf, and ending in leaf-chiseled scroll sabots; the underside of the top section with black-painted mark of a crowned GR possibly above an F (rubbed)
height 31 in.; width 20 1/2 in.; depth 15 1/4 in.
79cm.; 52 cm.; 38.5 cm
Possibly the Château de Fontainebleau
Christie's New York, 30 April 1986, lot 153
According to Jean Nicolay, L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle (Paris 1976), p.706, the mark of a crowed GR above a smaller F stands for the Garde-Meuble Royal de Fontainebleau.