A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD, BIRD'S EYE MAPLE AND MARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLE

19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD, BIRD'S EYE MAPLE AND MARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLE
19TH CENTURY
The shaped serpentine top with C-scroll and acanthus inlay with a central cartouche of diamond pattern inlay, on a similarly-inlaid frieze with a single side drawer, on cabriole legs ending in pierced sabots, with a paper label typed '30227 12'
27½ in. (70 cm.) high, 25 in. (63.5 cm.) wide, 15¼ in. (58.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, Whitemarsh Hall, Philadelphia.

Lot Essay

Edward Stotesbury, who worked with both the Drexel and Morgan banks, and was one of the wealthiest men in the country before the stock market crash. Edward, together with his wife Eva Cromwell Stotesbury, were famous both for their enormous collections and grand estates -- their summer house in Bar Harbor, El Mirasol in Palm Beach and, above all, vast Whitemarsh Hall outside of Philadelphia constructed by Horace Trumbauer. The collections were dispersed, at enormous loss for the Stotesburys, in a series of sales in the 1940's.

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