拍品 1007
1007
A NORTH ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT AND RED-PAINTED BOOKCASE
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A NORTH ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT AND RED-PAINTED BOOKCASE

VENICE, CIRCA 1947

細節
A NORTH ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT AND RED-PAINTED BOOKCASE
VENICE, CIRCA 1947
Decorated overall with floral trails and foliate scrolls, the arched moulded top surmounted by a foliate-carved crest, above a pair of shaped panelled glazed doors, enclosing a fitted interior with three shelves, above a serpentine-fronted lower section with two panelled doors enclosing a shelf, with shaped sides, on scroll feet, the interior covered in 'Piazzesi' paper
107 in. (272 cm.) high; 55½ in. (141 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep
來源
Commissioned by Ronald Tree, M.P., in 1947 for Heron Bay, Barbados.
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree (1897-1976), was an American-born British journalist, Conservative Member of Parliament and advisor to Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Tree is famed for building the stunning villa 'Heron Bay' in Barbados, in the 1940's, modelled on Palladio's Villa di Maser, Veneto. Tree is also renowned for opening the intemporel Sandy Lane hotel in Barbados in 1961, which rapidly became the Caribbean address for the beau-monde, with regular patrons such as the Rothschilds, Onassis, and Astors.

Please note that the interiors of lots 1007 and 1008 are covered in Venetian handmade paper from Legatoria Piazzesi, Campiello della Feltrina, San Marco, Venice.