Sale 7412
London
|
5 July 2007
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
Price realised
GBP 6,000
Estimate
A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY ENCOIGNURES LATE 18TH CENTURY Each with a curved door inlaid with a musical and martial trophy between foliage angles, above a shaped apron, on foliate sabots, the back of one inscribed in pencil 'Back ball Room', the other inscribed 'Front Ball Room' and in chalk '615 JS NO KEY', with Christie's Clore sale label, lacking marble tops 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide; 10¾ in. (27.5 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
G. A. F. Cavendish-Bentinck, Esq., 1891. The late Sir Charles Clore, Christie's, Monaco, 6 December 1985, lot 40 (FF. 75,000).
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
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
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
Ahead of the sale of portraits of four different muses, we focus on the women the artist came to depend on so passionately
In the latter years of her life Georgia O’Keeffe and Barney A. Ebsworth became friends. Two O'Keeffe works from Ebsworth’s collection are offered in November