22 - Carlo BUGATTI

Carlo BUGATTI Side Table – circa 1900 Frame in oak and natural-stained walnut, inlaid with geometric motifs in pewter and brass and decorated with repoussé and openwork copper plates Top covered with parchment decorated with Arabic calligraphy in Indian ink 74.50 × 56 × 56 cm Provenance: Private collection, Switzerland Bibliography: Marie-Madeleine Massé, Carlo Bugatti at the Musée d’Orsay: An Illustrated Summary Catalog of the Archives and Collections, Musée d’Orsay-Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2001; a comparable model is reproduced on p. 71, fig. 6.24 A side table by Carlo Bugatti featuring marquetry of oak, walnut, brass, and tin, copper plates, and parchment decorated with Indian ink—circa 1900 29.33 x 22.05 x 22.05 in. The hammer price is exclusive of tax. VAT at the reduced rate of 5.5% applies to the hammer price. This VAT is recoverable for French professionals. It is refundable to a buyer outside the EU upon presentation of proof of export outside the EU, or to a professional buyer who provides an intra-Community VAT number and a document proving delivery within the Member State. The hammer price is exclusive of VAT. 5.5% VAT will be added to the hammer price. Upon request, this VAT can be refunded to the purchaser upon presentation of written proof of export outside the EU or to an EU purchaser who submits their intra-Community VAT number and proof of shipment of their purchase to their home address in an EU country. Carlo BUGATTI