A FRENCH GILTWOOD SIDE TABLE

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH GILTWOOD SIDE TABLE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
In the Louis XIV style, with Portor marble top, the frieze carved with trellis and a female mask on square tapering legs joined by stretchers, with French and Company stencil 17382 on underside of marble and cross strut, with printed paper label to underside 2,588
33 in. (85 cm.) high, 51½ in. (131 cm.) wide, 27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

[Possibly] Mary Duke Biddle (d. 1960), 'Linden Court,' Tarrytown, New York.
With French & Company, New York (bought from M. D. Biddle on 21 October 1931).
Acquired by Dr. Preston Pope Satterwhite from French & Company, New York, on 31 March 1941 for $1,500.
Gift of Dr. Preston Pope Satterwhite, Great Neck, Long Island, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida, 1941.

Literature

'Arts of the Period of Louis XIV: As Represented in the Satterwhite Collection,' The Connoisseur, vol. 126, no. 517, August 1950, pp. 55-60, fig. V.

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Please note the dimensions of this lot are: 33 in. (85 cm.) high, 51½ in. (131 cm.) wide, 27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The table likely belonged to Mary Duke Biddle, a great enthusiast for the arts and philanthropist whose foundation bears her name. Her marriage to Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. in 1915 ended in divorce in 1931, the year that this table was acquired by French & Company.

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