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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL L. ROSENBERG
(LOTS 391 - 392)
AN EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY BIBLIOTHEQUE BASSE
CIRCA 1735
Details
AN EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY BIBLIOTHEQUE BASSE
CIRCA 1735
Inlaid overall with lozenge parquetry, the rounded rectangular top above two pairs of glazed arched doors with feather-banding and scallop-shell acanthus sprays to the angles, divided by brass-fluted uprights and husk-trails and enclosing three shelves to each side lined with floral damask, the rounded angles headed by laurel-swags above flutes, on a rounded, moulded, plinth base, the mounts apparently 18th century but with some filled holes surrounding some mounts indicating a possible differing original mounting, previously probably with a brass molding to edge, previously with grill-inset to the doors and now with consequential alterations to interiors of doors, the plinth probably replaced
57 in. (145 cm.) high, 91 in. (231 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1735
Inlaid overall with lozenge parquetry, the rounded rectangular top above two pairs of glazed arched doors with feather-banding and scallop-shell acanthus sprays to the angles, divided by brass-fluted uprights and husk-trails and enclosing three shelves to each side lined with floral damask, the rounded angles headed by laurel-swags above flutes, on a rounded, moulded, plinth base, the mounts apparently 18th century but with some filled holes surrounding some mounts indicating a possible differing original mounting, previously probably with a brass molding to edge, previously with grill-inset to the doors and now with consequential alterations to interiors of doors, the plinth probably replaced
57 in. (145 cm.) high, 91 in. (231 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Alexander Collection; sold Christie's, New York, 30 April 1999, lot 89.