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19TH CENTURY AND LATER
Details
A LARGE PAIR OF FRENCH JASPERWARE AND BRASS-MOUNTED PARCEL-GILT AND MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUES
19TH CENTURY AND LATER
Each of palatial scale, the pediments ornamented with giltwood swans set between associated jasperware portrait roundels in later frames variously impressed 'A.M.L D'Orleans Duc De Montpensier, 1824', 'Marie Amelie Reine Des France, 1782' and 'H.E D'Orleans Duc De D'Aumale 1822' to one, the other bookcase with 'Louis Marie T.H.C.H D'Orleans Reine Des Belges' signed Barre, 'Louis Philippe 1ER Rois des Francias, 1773,' and 'M. Clementine Princess D'Orleans 1817', above three glazed doors enclosing shelves and base cabinets with three glazed doors, two enclosing shelves, one later fitted with five drawers
126 in. (320 cm.) high, 78 ¾ in. (195 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58 cm.) deep
19TH CENTURY AND LATER
Each of palatial scale, the pediments ornamented with giltwood swans set between associated jasperware portrait roundels in later frames variously impressed 'A.M.L D'Orleans Duc De Montpensier, 1824', 'Marie Amelie Reine Des France, 1782' and 'H.E D'Orleans Duc De D'Aumale 1822' to one, the other bookcase with 'Louis Marie T.H.C.H D'Orleans Reine Des Belges' signed Barre, 'Louis Philippe 1ER Rois des Francias, 1773,' and 'M. Clementine Princess D'Orleans 1817', above three glazed doors enclosing shelves and base cabinets with three glazed doors, two enclosing shelves, one later fitted with five drawers
126 in. (320 cm.) high, 78 ¾ in. (195 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58 cm.) deep
Provenance
with Galerie Demachy-Camoin, Paris.
Gianni Versace, Villa Fontanelle, Lake Como; Sotheby’s, London, 18 March 2009, lot 250.
Gianni Versace, Villa Fontanelle, Lake Como; Sotheby’s, London, 18 March 2009, lot 250.
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