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PROBABLY GERMAN, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, LATER DECORATED
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A NORTH EUROPEAN SCARLET AND GILT-JAPANNED BUREAU-CABINET
PROBABLY GERMAN, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, LATER DECORATED
The double domed cornice above a pair of arched divided mirrored doors with later mirror plates engraved with coronets and enclosing a fitted interior, the base with a slant-lid enclosing a graduated fitted interior above two short and two long drawers on ogee bracket feet, decorated throughout with gilt chinoiserie landscapes, with French & Co. number 17068, and one drawer inscribed in pencil and another inscribed in chalk B25359, refreshments to the decoration, particularly to the sides and interior of doors, interior of top section refitted
94 in. (239 cm.) high, 56 in. (142 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58 cm.) deep
PROBABLY GERMAN, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, LATER DECORATED
The double domed cornice above a pair of arched divided mirrored doors with later mirror plates engraved with coronets and enclosing a fitted interior, the base with a slant-lid enclosing a graduated fitted interior above two short and two long drawers on ogee bracket feet, decorated throughout with gilt chinoiserie landscapes, with French & Co. number 17068, and one drawer inscribed in pencil and another inscribed in chalk B25359, refreshments to the decoration, particularly to the sides and interior of doors, interior of top section refitted
94 in. (239 cm.) high, 56 in. (142 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58 cm.) deep
Provenance
Mrs. D. Bruce.
with French & Company, New York, 13 February 1931.
with McMillen, New York, 21 May 1937 ($4,800).
with French & Company, New York, 13 February 1931.
with McMillen, New York, 21 May 1937 ($4,800).
Special notice
Christie's is selling all lots in this sale as agent for an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization certificate. Seller explicitly reserves all trademark and trade name rights and rights of privacy and publicity in the name and image of Doris Duke. No buyer of any property in this sale will acquire any right to use the Doris Duke name or image. Seller further explicitly reserves all copyright rights in designs or other copyrightable works included in the property offered for sale. No buyer of any property in the sale will acquire the rights to reproduce, distribute copies of, or prepare derivative works of such designs or copyrightable works.