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A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL AND EBONISED 'BOULLE' MEUBLES D'APPUI
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each of serpentine outshape and decorated overall with scrolled arabesques, one in première partie and the other in contre partie, each with a moulded white marble top above a frieze drawer and cupboard door enclosing two shelves, the angles headed by caryatids, on a shaped apron and block feet, each with 'Schloss Inventar Karlsruhe', Baden and crest paper-labels to the back, one with pencil inscription beneath the marble 'Das Schloss umgeräumt/im Mai 1931/Berthold/Markgraf von Baden'
43¾ in. (111 cm.) high; 42 in. (106.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep (2)
來源
The Margraves and Grand Dukes of Baden, Schloss Karlsruhe, by descent. Sotheby's, 'Die Sammlung der Markgrafen und Grossherzge von Baden', Baden-Baden, 5-21 October 1995, lot 1119 (DM84,000).
注意事項
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