Sale 5199
London, South Kensington
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6 November 2007
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Price realised
GBP 275
Estimate
A CONTINENTAL WROUGHT-IRON FLOOR-STANDING CANDELABRUM 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY With twin candle holders and a central pricket, pricket top damaged 48in. (122cm.) high
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Pre-Lot Text
Highlights from a New York auction of exceptional pieces by the top Parisian ateliers of the 19th century
Alexandra Stafford, the collector’s daughter, recalls her mother’s taste, connoisseurship, and sumptuous apartments
Specialist Will Strafford looks at some of the key names of the period, from Boulle to Riesener, Carlin, Cressent and Vandercruse
From applique and back splats to veneering and wingbacks, an essential glossary of furniture terms
In conversation with the Korean-American artist, whose recent painting The Evolution of Perception will be offered at Christie’s in Hong Kong on 25 November
As this 1,000-year-old Ru tea bowl comes to auction in Hong Kong, we look at the evolution of the grey-green ware from Yue to Yaozhou to Ru