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LOT 13

Lot 13

Louis XV/XVI Transitional Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Table à Écrire by Charles Torpino, c.1765

Louis XV/XVI Transitional Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Table à Écrire by Charles Torpino, c.1765
Lot 13 Details
Louis XV/XVI Transitional Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Table à Écrire by Charles Torpino, c.1765

the tooled inset leather top with pierced brass gallery over a single drawer with key raised on tapering legs with galleried under shelf, stamped on the underside HBBR /C. Torpino, JME
29 x 16 x 14 in — 73.7 x 40.6 x 35.6 cm

Estimate $1,000-$1,500

Realised: $2,460
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Louis XV/XVI Transitional Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Table à Écrire by Charles Torpino, c.1765
  • Louis XV/XVI Transitional Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Table à Écrire by Charles Torpino, c.1765
  • Louis XV/XVI Transitional Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Table à Écrire by Charles Torpino, c.1765
  • Louis XV/XVI Transitional Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Table à Écrire by Charles Torpino, c.1765
  • Louis XV/XVI Transitional Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Table à Écrire by Charles Torpino, c.1765
Provenance:

Galerie Didier Aaron, Paris
Sotheby's, London, "La Collection d'un Grande Amateur Français: Important Furniture, Paintings and Works of Art," December 7, 2000, Lot 118

Literature:

Alexandre Pradère, "French Furniture Makers, The Age of the Ébéniste from Louis XIV to the Revolution: Translated by Parran Wood," The J. Paul Getty Museum, Maibu, CA, page 319

CONDITION DETAILS

In very good solid condition, with scuffed leather top.

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  • 1 Star: Poor - Flaws or damage immediately apparent under standard lighting (examples: missing components, rips, broken glass, damaged surfaces, etc.)

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