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RECONSTRUCTED INCORPORATING EARLIER ELEMENTS
Details
A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE WALNUT AND GILTWOOD BOOKCASES
Reconstructed incorporating earlier elements
The rectangular molded and reeded cornice above a pair of four-panelled glazed doors enclosing three shelves, centered and flanked by half-turned reeded poles each headed by a bound leaf capital issuing scrolled-acanthus and surmounted by a swan, the base of the frieze along the front and sides set with a carved guilloche course, above a pair of panelled doors, each set with a portrait medallion within a molded frame, regilt, reconstructed incorporating earlier elements
110in. (279.5cm.) high, 46in. (117cm.) wide, 20in. (52.5cm.) deep (2)
Reconstructed incorporating earlier elements
The rectangular molded and reeded cornice above a pair of four-panelled glazed doors enclosing three shelves, centered and flanked by half-turned reeded poles each headed by a bound leaf capital issuing scrolled-acanthus and surmounted by a swan, the base of the frieze along the front and sides set with a carved guilloche course, above a pair of panelled doors, each set with a portrait medallion within a molded frame, regilt, reconstructed incorporating earlier elements
110in. (279.5cm.) high, 46in. (117cm.) wide, 20in. (52.5cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Sold Christie's New York, 30 March 1995, lot 209 ($23,000).