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Presumably John McLean

1770 – London – 1825

Desk with lyre legs. 1805/10

Palisander veneered onto oak; cedarwood (drawers); leather writing surface; gilt bronze; rollers. 75,5 × 123 × 64 cm (29 ¾ × 48 ⅜ × 25 ¼ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Presumably John McLean. Desk with lyre legs. 1805/10.

Estimate:

EUR 10,000

 

- 12,000

USD 10,700

 

- 12,800

Sold for:

12,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.06.2017

Information

Palisander veneered onto oak; cedarwood (drawers); leather writing surface; gilt bronze; rollers. 75,5 × 123 × 64 cm (29 ¾ × 48 ⅜ × 25 ¼ in.). Label: Eighteenth Century English Furniture Apter-Fredericks Ltd. 265–267 Fulham Road, London SW356Y. With key.

Related literature: Richard W. Symonds: Furniture Making in 17th and 18th Century England. London, 1955, p. 133, ill. 187 / Simon Redburn: John McLean and Son. In: Furniture History – The Journal of the Furniture History Society, vol. XIV (1978), p. 31–37.

1990–92 art dealership Apter-Fredericks, London / private collection, Munich

Auction: London, Christie's, 5. June 1990, cat. no. 139 / auction: From Roentgen to Faberge. A European Private Collection. London, Christie's, 20. May 2015, cat. no. 93, p. 80f