Writing Table

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Stamped by Martin Carlin (c. 1730-85, maître 1766)

Oak veneered with tulipwood and mounted with seventeen Sèvres porcelain plaques, some of which bear the date letter for 1768 and the painter's mark of Denis Levé (working 1754-1800); gilt-bronze mounts, 83 x 65.5 x 40.5cm

PROVENANCE bought by the 5th Duke of Buccleuch from E. H. Baldock in July 1830. 1858, MHW6, in Drawing Room.