Lot Essay
Voruz de Vaux, a New York decorator and dealer, supplied H.F. du Pont with a considerable amount of French decorations, and had a gallery in the du Pont Building in Wilmington during the 1930's.
Details
A RÉGENCE WALNUT TABOURET
CIRCA 1720
The rectangular padded seat upholstered in pale blue silk damask above a frieze carved with a central shell within scrolls on cabriole legs headed by a shell and ending in scroll toes, with printed label ...Dupont Building Wilmington, DE
18in. (46cm.) high, 33in. (84cm.) wide, 21¾in. (55cm.) deep
CIRCA 1720
The rectangular padded seat upholstered in pale blue silk damask above a frieze carved with a central shell within scrolls on cabriole legs headed by a shell and ending in scroll toes, with printed label ...Dupont Building Wilmington, DE
18in. (46cm.) high, 33in. (84cm.) wide, 21¾in. (55cm.) deep
Provenance
Baron Voruz de Vaux, New York and Wilmington, Delaware
Mrs. Seton Porter, New York, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 4 March 1955, lot 115
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, Newport, Rhode Island, sold in these Rooms, 22-23 March 1991, lot 902
Mrs. Seton Porter, New York, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 4 March 1955, lot 115
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, Newport, Rhode Island, sold in these Rooms, 22-23 March 1991, lot 902