LOT 730
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Lot 730
AN VERY FINE ITALIAN ROCOCO CARVED WALNUT AND VERNI MARTIN STYLE WRITING DESK, 19TH CENTURY. The turtle back shaped writing surface below a birdseye maple lined cabinet raised on scroll carved legs and with bombay door front finely painted with a romantic scene on a gilt ground. The table with birdseye maple lined drawer and bombay front carved with crossed lattice panels in good relief below a slide-out velour inset writing surface and raised on cabriole form legs with large open rose carved knees joined by double C scrolled X form stretchers. Height 55 inches (140 cm), width 41.5 inches (105.5 cm), depth 25.5 inches (65 cm).
Estimate:
$800 - 1,200
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