BY JEAN-CHARLES ELLAUME, CIRCA 1755

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE LACQUER SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
BY JEAN-CHARLES ELLAUME, CIRCA 1755
The associated liver-figured marble top above a fall-front with a fruitwood fitted interior over a pair of cabinet doors opening to shelves, the decoration incorporating European elements, stamped J ELLAUME JME to both back uprights, with faint chalk inscription N?1202, with printed Garde Meuble sticker and partial P202 sticker, with Ford Inventory No. M-10
56 ½ in. (143.5 cm.) high, 37 in. (94 cm.) wide, 15 ¼ in. (39 cm.) deep
Jean-Charles Ellaume, maître in 1754.

Special Notice

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Sale Room Notice

Please note the depth of this lot is 15 ¼ in. (39 cm.) deep.

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Lot Essay

The present secretaire is shown in situ (at right) in one of the bedrooms at Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, former residence of Henry Ford II. The bouillotte lamp on the writing surface appears to be lot 44.

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