Estimate: $400 - $600
Price Realized: $466 Includes buyer's premium
A Dutch Rococo style cylinder desk, elaborately decorated throughout with floral marquetry and parquetry inlays, featuring a curved roll-top cylinder mechanism that retracts to reveal a fitted interior with small drawers, pigeonholes, and a slide-out leather-lined writing surface, all positioned above a bombe-form lower case containing three long drawers on shaped bracket feet
Walnut, mixed-wood marquetry inlays, leather, brass hardware
48 x 44 1/2 x 26 inches
Fair condition; moderate surface wear, small areas of missing or lifted veneer elements, stable shrinkage cracks along the side panels, oxidation to the brass hardware, resistance in the operation of the slide-out desk top
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Condition reports are based on visual inspection by the Capsule team under typical office lighting. Unless otherwise noted, items are not examined under UV light in advance of sale. We do not guarantee the content of written or verbal condition reports. Remember, all lots are previously owned and all sales are final. The absence of a condition report does not imply that there are no condition issues with the lot.
Art has not been examined out of the frame unless otherwise stated. Frames, lampshades, or items described as “supplementary” are not considered integral to the value of the lot and are excluded from condition assessments. This includes any mat, mounting, glazing, hanging apparatus, case, box, or stand. Timepiece movements, lighting elements and items with mechanical or electrical components have not been thoroughly tested and are not covered under warranty by Capsule.
