Lot 87
87
A RUSSIAN EBONISED INLAID OAK DRAW-LEAF TABLE, the rectangular top with line inlay and two draw-leaves, above two panelled frieze drawers each inset with two stars, the reverse and sides with two similar panels, on baluster legs joined by a box stretcher, on bun feet, with label indistinctly inscribed in Cyrillic

Details
A RUSSIAN EBONISED INLAID OAK DRAW-LEAF TABLE, the rectangular top with line inlay and two draw-leaves, above two panelled frieze drawers each inset with two stars, the reverse and sides with two similar panels, on baluster legs joined by a box stretcher, on bun feet, with label indistinctly inscribed in Cyrillic
49½in. (126cm.) wide, closed; 30in. (76cm.) high; 34in. (86.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Baroness Carin de Plessen
By descent to Vavara, Baroness Heyd, Monaco
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 25 November 1986, lot 266

Lot Essay

A very similar table with a slightly different top is illustrated in Russian Furniture in the Collection of the Hermitage, Leningrad, 1973, pl. 5

A table of similar design was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 5 May 1980, lot 37

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