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Live Auction

The Fine Sale - Day Two

Sun, Apr 28, 2019 11:00AM EDT
Lot 718

Victorian Gilt-Metal-Mounted Walnut, Ebony and Fruitwood Marquetry Desk, Stamped Edwards and Roberts

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

In the French taste. The top with a leather-lined writing surface within a brass border, the frieze drawer opening to a velvet-lined writing surface, raised on hipped cabriole legs ending in gilt-metal sabots. Lock plate stamped 'S. Mordant &...Makers, London, Patent Warranted'.

29 1/2 x 45 x 22 1/2 in.

Property from the Repository of a Distinguished Businessman

Condition

Minor scuffing and staining to the leather top, with minor veneer lifting and replacements. Normal wear throughout with scuffing and veneer losses along the legs. Structurally sound. Some of the marquetry retains some of it's original green staining.