Details
The underside of the frieze drawer stamped 'B932' and inscribed in pencil '08445', with a later paper property label for Princess Margaret
2914 in. (74 cm.) high; 47 in. (119.5 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Placed in the Drawing Room of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at Kensington Palace.
Silver, Furniture and Works of Art from The Collection of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; Christie's, London, 14 June 2006, lot 696 (£7,800).
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Lot Essay

The Louis XV style table has its elegantly serpentined top parquetried in Roman-mosaic, and relates to the manufactures of the celebrated Parisian ébénistes Messrs. Sormani, whose establishment in the rue Charlot was opened in 1867.

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