LATE 19TH CENTURY

Details

A REGENCY REVIVAL SIMULATED-CALAMANDER, CREAM AND GOLD-PAINTED PEDESTAL DESK
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The gilt-tooled leather top above three frieze drawers and two cupboard doors flanked by Egyptian figures, the right-hand cupboard enclosing further drawers, the left an open shelf, painted en grisaille overall with anthemion-scrolls and the cupboard doors with classical figures, each side with brass lion's-mask handle, the underside of the top with label for James Bourlet & Sons; together with a similarly-decorated waste paper basket
The desk: 31 in. (79 cm.) high; 55 in. (140 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired by Mrs Audrey Field (née James, later Mrs. Pleydell-Bouverie) by 1934 (photographed in the below publication on her carpet).

Literature

M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture, London, 1934, p. 69, pl. 19 (as Regency); reprinted in 1965, p. 25, fig. 32.

Special notice

Specified lots are being stored at Crozier Park Royal (details below) or will be removed from Christie’s, 8 King Street, London, SW1Y 6QT by 5.00pm on the day of the sale. Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. If the lot has been transferred to Crozier Park Royal, it will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day following the sale. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com. If the lot remains at Christie’s, 8 King Street, it will be available for collection on any working day (not weekends) from 9.00am to 5.00pm

Conditions of sale

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