• 500 Years Decorative Arts Euro auction at Christies

    Sale 2601

    500 Years Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets

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    29 - 30 November 2012

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    • A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TRIANGULA
    Lot 121

    A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TRIANGULAR TEA/WRITING TABLE

    CIRCA 1750

    Price realised

    USD 110,500

    Estimate

    USD 6,000 - USD 9,000

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    A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TRIANGULAR TEA/WRITING TABLE
    CIRCA 1750
    With a triple foldover top enclosing a polished surface, and further opening to a tooled green leather-lined surface adjacent to an interior fitted with pen wells and compartments, with a slender mahogany-lined swiveling frieze drawer to each side, bearing a label inscribed COLLECTION C.D. ROTCH 67, the drawer inscribed 763
    28¾ in. (73 cm.) high, 39¼ in. (100 cm.) wide, 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) deep

    Provenance

    Claude D. Rotch, Esq., The Elms, Surrey.

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    Lot Essay

    For further information on the renowned collector Claude Rotch, see the footnote to lot 105.

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    PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JANICE NEWMAN ROSENTHAL (LOTS 104-128)

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