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A SMALL ANTIQUE FRENCH WRITING TABLE IN BOULLE MANNER
Late 19th century
Of shaped oval outline, the top lined with gilt-tooled green leather above the serpentine frieze with a drawer to one side, on cabriole supports, the frieze and supports inlaid with foliate designs in cut brass on the scarlet simulated tortoiseshell ground, the surfaces otherwise in polished and ebonised hardwood, with various gilt bronze mounts and mouldings including masks to the centres of the frieze
75cm high, 104cm wide, 67cm deep
Late 19th century
Of shaped oval outline, the top lined with gilt-tooled green leather above the serpentine frieze with a drawer to one side, on cabriole supports, the frieze and supports inlaid with foliate designs in cut brass on the scarlet simulated tortoiseshell ground, the surfaces otherwise in polished and ebonised hardwood, with various gilt bronze mounts and mouldings including masks to the centres of the frieze
75cm high, 104cm wide, 67cm deep
Estimate $800 - $1,200
Decorative Arts
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8826
6:00pm - 16 November 2026
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Fri 13 - Sun 15 November, 11am - 5pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au
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