A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, STAINED SYCAMORE, SATINWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE BY LEONARD BOUDIN, CIRCA 1760 Inlaid overall with floral trellis, the serpentined rectangular sliding top with three quarter pierced gallery and a central Chinoiserie scene depicting a couple standing by a games table on a varanda with a pagoda beyond within a foliate border with flower sprays at either side, above a waved drawer inlaid with a central village scene and fitted with a black leather-lined hinged writing-surface with a mirror on the reverse enclosing a removable tray with five secret drawers, flanked on each side by a sliding lid enclosing further removable compartments, the sides and back inlaid with flower sprays within caartouches, the right side with a hinged encrier drawer, on cabriole legs headed by swagged foliate chutes down to C-scoll sabots, stamped 'L. BOUDIN' and 'JME' twice 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high; 31 ¾ in. (81 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep Provenance Alfred de Rothschild Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918), By descent to his natural daughter The Rt. Hon. Almina, Countess of Carnarvon, Christie's London, 19 May 1925, lot 299. Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 4 December 1975, lot 71.
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, STAINED SYCAMORE, SATINWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE BY LEONARD BOUDIN, CIRCA 1760 Inlaid overall with floral trellis, the serpentined rectangular sliding top with three quarter pierced gallery and a central Chinoiserie scene depicting a couple standing by a games table on a varanda with a pagoda beyond within a foliate border with flower sprays at either side, above a waved drawer inlaid with a central village scene and fitted with a black leather-lined hinged writing-surface with a mirror on the reverse enclosing a removable tray with five secret drawers, flanked on each side by a sliding lid enclosing further removable compartments, the sides and back inlaid with flower sprays within caartouches, the right side with a hinged encrier drawer, on cabriole legs headed by swagged foliate chutes down to C-scoll sabots, stamped 'L. BOUDIN' and 'JME' twice 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high; 31 ¾ in. (81 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep Provenance Alfred de Rothschild Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918), By descent to his natural daughter The Rt. Hon. Almina, Countess of Carnarvon, Christie's London, 19 May 1925, lot 299. Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 4 December 1975, lot 71.
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