LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gilt-bronze-mounted ebony veneered and mahogany

Measurements:

42.52 in. (108.00 cm.) (height) by 70.47 in. (179.00 cm.) (width) by 19.29 in. (49.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

underside of the frieze with the marque au fer R15, with a restorer's handwritten pencil inscription inside the frieze `Alois Pock Tischlermeister Priling/Peiling., Ru..ann 15/11. 1919. Lonn..'; the top of the left side beneath the marble with the pencil inscription Rosny

Condition:

marble top restored; minor alterations to the carcass of the top

Provenance:

Almost certainly delivered to Marie-Caroline, Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870), in around 1821 by Jacob-Desmalter for the Château de Rosny, Rosny-sur-Seine, Yvelines, near Paris for the Salon des Princes.; Transferred post 1830 to her Schloss Brunsee, Graz, Austria.; Thence by descent to the Lucchesi–Palli family.; Property of a European Nobleman.