A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY RECTANGULAR JARDINIERES
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE
Details
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY RECTANGULAR JARDINIERES
Of Louis XVI style
With open metal lined tops above panelled sides and on turned tapering fluted legs and toupie feet, both with false stamp N. PETIT
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 23¾ in. (60 cm.) high; 14¼ in. (37 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 7 May 1983, lot 175 ($44,000).
Sale room notice
The second measurement given is their width, not their height.
Lot Essay
An unstamped, but almost identical pair of jardinières was sold Christie's New York, 18 May 1982, lot 127 ($38,500).