Lot 1119: A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND ROSEWOOD SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

Name: A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND ROSEWOOD SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 8f16ad91az

Est: £2,500 GBP - £4,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomSeptember 13, 2007

Item Overview

Description

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND ROSEWOOD SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
BY JEAN-CHARLES ELLAUME, CIRCA 1760
The rounded rectangular rouge du Languedoc marble top above a frieze drawer and a shaped fall-front enclosing a fitted interior with open compartments and drawers, and a gilt-tooled brown leather-lined writing-surface, above a pair of doors enclosing a shelf, on short cabriole feet with rockwork sabots, stamped twice 'J.C.ELLAUME' and 'JME', and with a stencilled oval inscription '....Milano', previously further mounted
56 in. (142 cm.) high; 38¾ in. (98.5 cm.) wide; 13¾ in. (35 cm.) deep

Artist or Maker

Jean-Charles Ellaume

Notes

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
(LOTS 1118-1119)

Jean-Charles Ellaume, maître in 1754.
A virtually identical secrétaire à abattant is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème siècle , Paris, 1989, p. 297.

Auction Details

Furniture and Sculpture including the Property of a Roman Collector

Christie's

September 13, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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