EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DRESSING-TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With oval plate in a leaf-mounted frame between cornucopia supports mounted with scrolled candle branches, above a white marble shelf and ribbon-tied foliate swagged mahogany-lined frieze drawer enclosing a fitted section with ormolu ink-pots, on scrolled front legs with paw feet joined by a concave-fronted undertier, the drawer lacking slide and canisters, the underside stencilled twice 'LESAGE ..e Grange Batélière No 2 à PARIS' in an oval
61¾ in. (157 cm.) high; 31¾ in. (80.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Probably acquired by William, 1st Earl Nelson of Trafalgar, or Thomas, 2nd Earl Nelson of Trafalgar for the manor house of Standlynch, nr. Salisbury, and by descent to
Edward, 5th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar, sold Woolley and Wallis, 13-16 March 1951, lot 543, when acquired by the present owner.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Trafalgar House was the name given to the mansion of Standlynch, which had been bought by a grateful nation in 1814 and bestowed on the 1st Earl Nelson, brother of the victor at the Battle of Trafalgar. The Nelson family retained Trafalgar House until its sale in 1947, and its contents were used to furnish various houses, including Normanswood in Surrey, the residence of Edward, 5th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar.
The stamps to the underside of this elegant dressing-table refer to Antoine-Nicolas Lesage (1784 - 1841), established in the rue Grange-Batelière between 1821 and 1837, who was one of the most important marchands of his period. Two related dressing tables by Lesage are illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXeme Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 430.

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