• Christies auction house James Christie logo

    Sale 8501

    European Furniture, Works of Art and Carpets Including

    New York, East

    |

    27 March 2001

    Browse Sale
Previous Lot
Search
Next Lot
    • A BIEDERMEIER STYLE WALNUT, FR
    Lot 272

    A BIEDERMEIER STYLE WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND PARCEL-EBONIZED LYRE-FORM SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

    LATE 20TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 3,760

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

    Follow lot

    A BIEDERMEIER STYLE WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND PARCEL-EBONIZED LYRE-FORM SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
    Late 20th Century
    The rectangular spreading superstructure fitted with a drawer, over a lyre-form case fitted with a frieze drawer above a fall front enclosing one long drawer over a mirrored niche and flanked by a configuration of drawers and pigeon holes, above an outset rectangular case fitted with four drawers on outcurved legs, on a plinth base with block feet, decorated overall with penwork mythological figures and Classical scenes
    62¾in. (159.5cm.) high, 29½in. (75cm.) wide, 12½in. (32cm.) deep

    Contact us

    • 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

    Recommended features

      • Live like a Rockefeller — Pabl
      • Live like a Rockefeller — Pablo Picasso’s Pomme

        Jonathan Rendell, Christie’s ’story teller’ for The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, looks at a painting that gives him ‘goose-bumps’

      • Virtual tour: Post-War and Con
      • Virtual tour: Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s Amsterdam

        Discover CoBrA, Basquiat, Polke and more at De Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam

Share
Email
Copy link
Share
Email
Copy link