Sale 6522
London
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29 November 2001
Price realised
GBP 6,462
Estimate
A GEORGE III POLYCHROME-DECORATED DEMI-LUNE COMMODE The top decorated with a band of ribbon-tied foliage, above a pair of doors decorated with floral sprays enclosing a shelf, the doors flanked by conforming panels, on square tapering legs and block feet, the decoration restored 36¾ in. (93.5 cm.) high; 42 in. (106.5 cm.) wide; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep
Provenance
A Private Collection [a member of the Moller family], formed under the guidance of R. W. Symonds, sold Sotheby's London, 28 May 1982, lot 116 (£1,760) and bought through Mallett, London.
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE SIR EMMANUEL KAYE C.B.E. (LOTS 35-70)
The senior curator of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum on Noguchi’s work in relation to light, physics and Futurism
The jeweller Frédéric Boucheron opened his first shop in the arcades of the Palais Royal, Paris; more than 160 years later, the maison he founded is a world leader