A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE

CIRCA 1820

Details

A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE
Circa 1820
The rounded rectangular top over a frieze with two short drawers reversing to sham drawer fronts, above a semi-circular stand on a quadripartite plinth and splayed legs with brass paw caps and casters, with allover stylized foliate brass inlay
28in. (72cm.) high, 57in. (145.5cm.) wide extended, 25in. (63.5cm.) deep

Provenance

Merle Oberon Collection.

Lot Essay

Merle Oberon was the glamorous Calcutta-born film star who won the Academy Award nomination for her role in The Dark Angel (1935) and played opposite Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights in 1938. She was a known collector of English and French 18th and 19th century antiques and once owned 'The Duke of Windsor Cabinet' that brought a record-breaking price when sold in these Rooms on 17 October 1981, lot 161 ($946,000) and subsequently, 12 October 1996, lot 277.

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