£3,000 - £5,000
A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU MOUNTED PEWTER INLAID ROSEWOOD BOULLE LADIES WRITING DESK
circa 1840, mounts by George Morant of New Bond Street, London, the concave moulded hinged lid opening to reveal a birds eye maple interior, with mirror, two hinged compartments, each with two drawers, flanking four central drawers above sliding writing surface with black leather skiver, on a waisted four column support with ormolu finial of putti playing a flute, four downswept legs with small brass castors, stamped "G I Morant, New Bond St", 95cm high x 56cm wide x 44cm deep
Provenance: reputedly purchased from Rosneath Castle, Argyll (formerly the residence of Princess Louise (d.1939), in 1940 from John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, KG, KT the 9th Duke of Argyll
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