Sale 5436
London, South Kensington
|
30 March 2011
Price realised
GBP 1,375
Estimate
A LOUIS XV STYLE WALNUT, YEW, FRUITWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU DE DAME LATE 19TH CENTURY The hinged fall enclosing a fitted interior above an arrangement of one faux and three genuine frieze drawers, on cabriole legs 37½ in. (95 cm.) high; 28 in. (71 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
Contact Client Service
info@christies.com
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
infoasia@christies.com
Asia +852 2760 1766
Julian Wilson
jwilson@christies.com
+44 (0)20 7389 2157
Mark Henry Lampe
mlampe@christies.com
+44 (0)20 7389 2776
Cherrei Tian
ctian@christies.com
+44 (0)20 7752 3264
Alistair Chandler
achandler@christies.com
+44 (0)20 7389 2223
Emma Rainbird
erainbird@christies.com
+44 (0)20 7752 3244
Adrian Hume-Sayer
ahume-sayer@christies.com
+44 (0)20 7389 2696
Flora Elek
felek@christies.com
Mark Bowis
mbowis@christies.com
+44 (0)20 7389 3266
Jo Langston
jlangston@christies.com
+44 (0)20 7389 2347
Jane Oakley
joakley@christies.com
+44 (0)20 7389 3129
Michael Prevezer
mprevezer@christies.com
+44 (0)20 7752 3312
Clare Borthwick
cborthwick@christies.com
+44 (0)20 7752 3216
Special Notice
This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage
Impressionist & Modern specialists Max Carter and Jessica Fertig on how works collected by Gertrude Stein came to be acquired by Peggy and David Rockefeller
Biographer Hilary Spurling admires the superlative Odalisque couchée aux magnolias from the Rockefellers’ collection
Christie’s Decorative Arts and Design specialists reveal the people, places and spaces that spark their senses
Interior designer Robert Kime on how he came to acquire this magnificent tapestry — depicting a scene in the life of Alexander the Great — for just £7,500
Jonathan Rendell, Christie’s ’story teller’ for The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, looks at a painting that gives him ‘goose-bumps’
Discover CoBrA, Basquiat, Polke and more at De Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam