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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR MOHAMMED SAID FARSI (LOTS 146-165)
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND SEVRES PORCELAIN-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND SYCAMORE CABINET
IN THE MANNER OF ADAM WEISWEILER, THE CABINET CIRCA 1830, THE PORCELAIN PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND SEVRES PORCELAIN-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND SYCAMORE CABINET
IN THE MANNER OF ADAM WEISWEILER, THE CABINET CIRCA 1830, THE PORCELAIN PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY
Of demi-lune shape, the three-quarter lattice galleried top inset with white marble, above a scrolling acanthus panelled frieze and central door with an oval plaque painted with a ribbon-tied bouquet of flowers, the corners each with a triangular flower-painted plaque, all with pale turquoise pointill ground, the interior with a single shelf, above a drawer inset with three octagonal shaped plaques, flanked on each side by a panelled alcove with two marble-inset galleried shelves, above chandelle-cast panels, the square projecting angles with fluted and engine-turned uprights, the back with partially visible triple fleur-de-lys Restauration Royal brand, stamped II and with painted Rothschild inventory number R174, the door lock with inscription H. Courtois to the reverse, orignally conceived as a bonheur du jour and lacking lower section
22 in. (57.2 cm.) high; 35 in. (89.5 cm.) wide; 11 in. (29.7 cm.) deep
IN THE MANNER OF ADAM WEISWEILER, THE CABINET CIRCA 1830, THE PORCELAIN PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY
Of demi-lune shape, the three-quarter lattice galleried top inset with white marble, above a scrolling acanthus panelled frieze and central door with an oval plaque painted with a ribbon-tied bouquet of flowers, the corners each with a triangular flower-painted plaque, all with pale turquoise pointill ground, the interior with a single shelf, above a drawer inset with three octagonal shaped plaques, flanked on each side by a panelled alcove with two marble-inset galleried shelves, above chandelle-cast panels, the square projecting angles with fluted and engine-turned uprights, the back with partially visible triple fleur-de-lys Restauration Royal brand, stamped II and with painted Rothschild inventory number R174, the door lock with inscription H. Courtois to the reverse, orignally conceived as a bonheur du jour and lacking lower section
22 in. (57.2 cm.) high; 35 in. (89.5 cm.) wide; 11 in. (29.7 cm.) deep
Provenance
Collection Edouard de Rothschild, Paris.
Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg following the Nazi occupation of Paris after May 1940 (No. R 174);
transferred to Germany;
recovered by the Western Allies and transferred to Munich Central Collecting Point (no. M 2543); returned to France on 2 March 1946 and restituted to the family.
Christie's, New York, 24 April 2002, lot 427.
Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg following the Nazi occupation of Paris after May 1940 (No. R 174);
transferred to Germany;
recovered by the Western Allies and transferred to Munich Central Collecting Point (no. M 2543); returned to France on 2 March 1946 and restituted to the family.
Christie's, New York, 24 April 2002, lot 427.
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Please note that the Provenance should read:
Collection Edouard de Rothschild, Paris.
Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg following the Nazi occupation of Paris after May 1940 (No. R 174); transferred to Germany; recovered by the Western Allies and transferred to Munich Central Collecting Point (no. M 2543); returned to France on 2 March 1946 and restituted to the family.
Collection Edouard de Rothschild, Paris.
Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg following the Nazi occupation of Paris after May 1940 (No. R 174); transferred to Germany; recovered by the Western Allies and transferred to Munich Central Collecting Point (no. M 2543); returned to France on 2 March 1946 and restituted to the family.
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