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Lot 125: A  RARE  LOUIS  XVI  ORMOLU-MOUNTED  AND  PARCEL-GILT  EBONY  BUREAU  PLATCIRCA  1765-70,  STAMPED  J.  F.  LELEU  AND  DUHAMEL

Est: $300,000 USD - $500,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USApril 19, 2012

Item Overview

Description

stamped  twice  Vente  Paderewski  Riond-Bosson,  1954.
Jean-François  Leleu  (1729-1807),  maître  in  1764
François  Duhamel  (1723-1801),  maître  in  1750
height  31  3/4    in.;  width  76  1/4    in.;  depth  38  1/4    in.
81  cm;  194  cm;  97.5  cm

Provenance

Possibly Ernestine de Castellane (1788-1850), duchesse d'Otrante,and by descent to:
Jacques-Henri-Léonor, comte Le Marois (1863-1920), who sold the Chalet de Riond-Bosson furnished in 1897 to:
Ignacy Jan Paderewsky, sold from his collection, Chalet de Riond Bosson, Morges (Switzerland), November 11, 1954, lot 565
Galerie Ramsey, Paris
Sotheby's, Collection of Charles de Bestegui, Château de Groussay, sold on the premises, June 2-6, 1999, lot 290
Bernard Steinitz, Paris

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