Sale 1644
New York
|
7 April 2006
Price realised
USD 10,200
Estimate
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIR MID-18TH CENTURY The waved padded back and seat covered in woven cream wool, over acanthus and scroll headed cabriole legs ending in ball-and-claw feet, formerly with inset casters
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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTOR (LOTS 401-405)
The furniture of the French painter combines ‘creativity with perfection of execution, rigour with imagination’
A rediscovered masterpiece by André-Charles Boulle, the ‘most skilful craftsman of his profession’ under Louis XIV
Using lots from our upcoming Collector sales, the Italian writer and Vogue stylist designs a series of vignettes in London’s most spectacular conservatory
From applique and back splats to veneering and wingbacks, an essential glossary of furniture terms
Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife