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A neoclassical rolltop desk and bookcase
Estimate
15.000 - 20.000
Session 2
29 May 2019
Hammer Price
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Mahogany
Gilt metalware
The lower section with three long drawers and decorated by plain metal friezes and corinthian columns in the front angles
Garlands and foliage motifs repoussé metal handles and lock escutcheons
In the inner desk section six small drawers and
three pigeon holes, the drawer fronts and central
door decorated in eglomised glass, characteristic of furniture pieces attributed to Heinrich Daniel Gambs (1765-1831)
Brown leather top writing surface with lion head's bronze handles
The mirrored doors bookcase, is similalry decorated by metal friezes and corinthian columns
Locks with unidentified marks
Russia, 19th C.
(minor faults and restoration)
218x127x63 cm
Category
Furniture
Closed Auction