A LOUIS XVI STYLE GREY MARBLE AND ORMOLU TWO-TIERED GUERIDON

20TH CENTURY

Details

A LOUIS XVI STYLE GREY MARBLE AND ORMOLU TWO-TIERED GUERIDON
20th century
The circular veined grey marble top and platform scrolled supports with pierced stretcher with acanthus claw feet and casters, bearing paper label Old D.R. Palm Beach and an earlier inventory label numbered 199
26¾in. (68cm.) high, 20in. (61cm.) diameter

Provenance

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Palm Beach.
Lady Sarah Consuelo Spencer-Churchill, Doyle New York, 15 May 2001, lot 107.

Lot Essay

Lady Sarah Consuelo Spencer-Churchill, daughter of the 10th Duke of Marlborough, was also the eldest granddaughter of Consuelo Vanderbilt. After Consuelo Vanderbilt's divorce from the 9th Duke of Marlborough and her re-marriage to Colonel Jacques Balsan, she spent an increasing amount of energy decorating her houses in Palm Beach, New York and Southampton. The present lot is from her Palm Beach house 'Casa Alva'.

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