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A fine mid-19th century tulipwood, purplewood banded, holly, sycamore parquetry, marquetry and gilt bronze mounted 'mechanical' table à écrireIn the Louis XVI style possibly made by Blake of London after the Martin Carlin (c.1730–1785) Longleat table à écrire image 1
A fine mid-19th century tulipwood, purplewood banded, holly, sycamore parquetry, marquetry and gilt bronze mounted 'mechanical' table à écrireIn the Louis XVI style possibly made by Blake of London after the Martin Carlin (c.1730–1785) Longleat table à écrire image 2
A fine mid-19th century tulipwood, purplewood banded, holly, sycamore parquetry, marquetry and gilt bronze mounted 'mechanical' table à écrireIn the Louis XVI style possibly made by Blake of London after the Martin Carlin (c.1730–1785) Longleat table à écrire image 3
A fine mid-19th century tulipwood, purplewood banded, holly, sycamore parquetry, marquetry and gilt bronze mounted 'mechanical' table à écrireIn the Louis XVI style possibly made by Blake of London after the Martin Carlin (c.1730–1785) Longleat table à écrire image 4
A fine mid-19th century tulipwood, purplewood banded, holly, sycamore parquetry, marquetry and gilt bronze mounted 'mechanical' table à écrireIn the Louis XVI style possibly made by Blake of London after the Martin Carlin (c.1730–1785) Longleat table à écrire image 5
A fine mid-19th century tulipwood, purplewood banded, holly, sycamore parquetry, marquetry and gilt bronze mounted 'mechanical' table à écrireIn the Louis XVI style possibly made by Blake of London after the Martin Carlin (c.1730–1785) Longleat table à écrire image 6
A fine mid-19th century tulipwood, purplewood banded, holly, sycamore parquetry, marquetry and gilt bronze mounted 'mechanical' table à écrireIn the Louis XVI style possibly made by Blake of London after the Martin Carlin (c.1730–1785) Longleat table à écrire image 7
A fine mid-19th century tulipwood, purplewood banded, holly, sycamore parquetry, marquetry and gilt bronze mounted 'mechanical' table à écrireIn the Louis XVI style possibly made by Blake of London after the Martin Carlin (c.1730–1785) Longleat table à écrire image 8
A fine mid-19th century tulipwood, purplewood banded, holly, sycamore parquetry, marquetry and gilt bronze mounted 'mechanical' table à écrireIn the Louis XVI style possibly made by Blake of London after the Martin Carlin (c.1730–1785) Longleat table à écrire image 9
A Farquhar Legacy
Lot 139TP

A fine mid-19th century tulipwood, purplewood banded, holly, sycamore parquetry, marquetry and gilt bronze mounted 'mechanical' table à écrire
In the Louis XVI style possibly made by Blake of London after the Martin Carlin (c.1730–1785) Longleat table à écrire

Lady Glenconner, My Life in Objects & A Farquhar Legacy
19 November 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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A fine mid-19th century tulipwood, purplewood banded, holly, sycamore parquetry, marquetry and gilt bronze mounted 'mechanical' table à écrire

In the Louis XVI style possibly made by Blake of London after the Martin Carlin (c.1730–1785) Longleat table à écrire
The sliding top with pierced three quarter gallery inlaid with repeating square framed paterae, above a sliding front drawer fitted with a velvet lined hinged writing surface and flanked by hinged compartments with a profusely inlaid conforming frieze on fluted tapering legs and acanthus leaf cast toupie sabots, 77cm wide x 44cm deep x 73cm high, (30in wide x 17in deep x 28 1/2in high)

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The above lot is a copy of the table à écrire made by Martin Carlin in circa 1775 almost certainly bought by Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837) for Longleat, Wiltshire and sold Christie's, London, Furniture, Porcelain and Silver from Longleat, 14 June 2002, lot 310.

This lot is illustrative of the Louis XVI style which flourished, and was widely favoured, over the course of the second quarter of the 19th century in Britain, but especially in England. This French taste was championed by cabinet makers such as Robert Blake (and later his four sons, Charles, Henry, George and James) and Edward Holmes Baldock, two of the most important and prominent marchand merciers, whose activities were located at 8 Stephen Street, Tottenham Court Road and Hanway Street, in London.

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