A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, CITRONNIER, PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY TABLE...

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, CITRONNIER, PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
ATTRIBUTED TO MATHIEU-GUILLAUME CRAMER, CIRCA 1775
In fruitwood marquetry, light colored and tinted wood and ormolu ornamentation, the top decorated with an interlaced design and rosettes, it can slide towards the back and is surrounded by ormolu, the frieze decorated with scrolls and with a drawer containing a writing desk covered in black leather and with inkwells, and supported by four narrowing legs joined by a stretcher decorated with cartouche draperies and inter-lacings, the interior with indistinct ink inscription, with spurious stamp 'LELEU JME', remounted
26 ½ in. (67.5 cm.) high, 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide, 12 ½ in. (32 cm.) deep

Provenance
Collection d'un Grand Amateur European; Christie's, Paris, 22 June 2005, lot 173.