A William III parcel-gilt scarlet-japanned brass-mounted cabinet on a stand, stand possibly continental. Late 17th Century. photo Sotheby's

Two drawers with an old paper label printed with a monogram CES above Ascot Lodge. / Ascot. / Berks. Carcass with an old inked inscription Hon bl Emily Cullen? Underside of one drawer with inked inscription ESC / Ascot Lodge / 1893 and with a faint inscription Thought (?)... / ... Street (?) of O.C... / 1745  (?); height overall 5 ft. 4 1/2 in. width 42 in.; depth 24 in./133.4 cm; 106.7 cm; 61 cm. Restorations to japanned surface. Estimate 30,000—50,000 USD. Lot Sold  43,750 USD

PROVENANCE: Ascot Lodge, Ascot, Berkshire

NOTE: This stand is conceived in the Franco-Dutch style of Daniel Marot and his circle, whose published designs were of seminal influence to both Continental and English Royal cabinet work produced in the early 1700s. Daniel Marot was the son of the French architect Jean Marot (1619-1679). The younger Marot became architect and designer to the stadholder of the Dutch Republic, William of Orange-Nassau (1650-1702). The former worked in the French court style and influenced the decorative arts in the Netherlands and England. His best work is known through his engravings Oeuvres de Sr. D. Marot, architecte de Guillaume III, which was published for the first time in the Hague in 1703. It was expansive and included designs from buildings to gardens, interiors, textiles, metalwork and furniture. The design of the present table is closely related to a number of plates with term figures supporting the frieze and joined by foliate swags and ending in scrolled supports. It is almost identical to Marot's design of a pier table found on plate 8, of Nouveaux Livre d'Orfeuverie.

Sotheby's. Property of a Palm Beach Private Collector. 29 Mar 11. New York www.sothebys.com