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A Louis XVI-style mahogany and ormolu mounted 'bureau a cylindre', later part of the 19th century.

Estimate
60 000 - 70 000 SEK
5 360 - 6 260 EUR
5 450 - 6 350 USD
Hammer price
48 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Alexander Johansson
Stockholm
Alexander Johansson
Assistant Specialist Works of Art
+46 (0)707 88 84 71
A Louis XVI-style mahogany and ormolu mounted 'bureau a cylindre', later part of the 19th century.

The white marble top and pierced gallery edge above a frieze with three drawers, above the roll-top enclosing interior compartments and four drawers and a pull-out writing top, above a frieze containing four drawers, the sides with two pull-out writing tops, on four fluted tapering legs issuing in acanthus sabots. Length 162, width 79, height 127 cm. Key included.

Provenance

Collection Shirley Bassey (b. 1937).
Sotheby's Olympia & London, Furniture and interior decorator including property from Dame Shirley Bassey, 2005, lot. no. 415.
Acquired at the above auction.
From the collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1939-2022)
from 1967 married to the shipping magnate Dan-Axel Broström (1915-1976).