19TH CENTURY

Details

A SET OF FRENCH LACQUERED BRASS AND MAHOGANY LIBRARY STEPS
19th Century
The rectangular steps surmounted by a moulded handrail with circular terminals, above circular supports joined by a turned box stretcher, on leather castors
73½ in. (187 cm.) high; 57 in. (145 cm.) deep; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide

Provenance

Baron Guy de Rothschild, château de Ferrières, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 3 November 1994, lot 114 (FF 122,100)

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The château de Ferrieres (Seine-et-Marne) served as a hunting lodge for Baron James de Rothschild (d. 1868), who entertained Napoleon III at his recently completed château in 1862. It was built from 1853 to the designs of Joseph Paxton of Paxton and Stokes, builders of Mentmore, Buckinghamshire for Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (d. 1874). Its magnificent interior decoration, including a celebrated 'living-room' hall, was carried out from 1875 by the artist Eugene Lami (d. 1890) and during the 1920s further Art Deco furnishings were introduced for Baronne Edouard de Rothschild (d. 1949) (P. Prévost-Marcilhacy, Les Rothschilds: bâtisseurs et mécènes, Paris, 1995).

More from Important European Furniture & Sculpture

View All