A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH CHIFFONIERE, BY ETIENNE AVRIL, CIRCA 1780

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH CHIFFONIERE
BY ETIENNE AVRIL, CIRCA 1780
With galleried white marble top over ten short drawers, two central drawers banded sans traverse to simulate a writing drawer, stamped E. AVRIL to back left upright, the chutes associated
43 ¼ in. (110 cm.) high, 19 in. (48 cm.) wide, 11 in. (28 cm.) deep

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Provenance
With Fersen Antiques, Monte Carlo.
A Private Philadelphia Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 24-25 October 2002, lot 1196.