• 500 Years: Decorative Arts Eur auction at Christies

    Sale 2360

    500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, Including Oriental Carpets

    New York

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    23 November 2010

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    • A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGA
    Lot 34

    A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE

    AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 28,750

    Estimate

    USD 5,000 - USD 8,000

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    A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE
    AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
    The three-quarter galleried top above a rectangular frieze set to the front with a drawer fitted with a writing slide, on foliate-clasped tapering legs joined by a shaped undertier
    29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high, 23½ in. (59.7 cm.) wide, 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep

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    Lot Essay

    The present table is a direct copy of Jean-Henri Riesener's original supplied in 1780 for Marie-Antoinette's cabinet intérieur at Versailles.

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    PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION (LOT 34)

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