Sale 7560
London
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24 January 2008
Price realised
GBP 6,250
Estimate
A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN GILTWOOD CONSOLES SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY Each with a shaped moulded brèche d'Alep marble top, above a pierced apron centred by shells and flanked by flowerheads, the foliate-entwined cabriole legs joined by a foliate-carved stretcher, regessoed, regilt 33 in. (84 cm.) high; 25 in. (63.5 cm) wide; 13½ in. (34.5 cm.) deep (2)
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 312-313)
The furniture of the French painter combines ‘creativity with perfection of execution, rigour with imagination’
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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
He worked in fashion, theatre and film, but du Plantier is perhaps best known for his furniture — superb examples of which are now offered at Christie’s in Paris
The visually supercharged world of the Japanese artist loved by A-listers and inspired by everything from anime to Edo period woodcuts