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19th Century Antique Furniture
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Item No. 894
Fine, Venetian, Rococo style polychrome decorated desk
The cartouche shaped top with tooled peach leather inset over a long center drawer, raised on cabriole legs, overall painted with simians at play all on a parchment ground. 19th century.
32" by 64˝" wide by 30" deep
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Item No. 996
Very fine, French, Regence style mirror
In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. Second half of the 19th century.
Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
La Famille Terray.
82" high by 40" wide
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Item No. 994
Fine, French, Neoclassical style firescreen
In solid, carved giltwood with original inset needlepoint tapestry. First quarter of the 19th century.
Provenance: Formerly part of the furnishings of the Chateau St. Laurent en Isore. Grenoble, France.
La Famille Terray.
42˝" tall by 26" wide by 13" deep
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Item No. 984
Fine, French, Louis XV style tric-trac table
One side of reversible top having a chess board, the other a green, felt card surface. The interior with ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. In rosewood with gilt bronze mounts. Paris, circa 1880.
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Item No. 167
Fine Biedermeier sofa
In solid walnut and walnut veneer of sleigh form with simple, clean lines. Arched back centered by carved medallion, scroll carving on arms and feet. 19th century. From Austria or possibly Southern Germany.
79" wide by 44" high by 27" deep
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Item No. 979
Fine, Louis XV style tric-trac table
In solid, carved walnut having cabriole legs ending in pied de biche (deer feet) and reversable top, one side (shown) with marquetry inlaid board for checkers, the other in green felt suitable for card playing. Removing the top reveals an inset, marquetry-inlaid backgammon board. The whole delicately carved. Late 18th or early 19th century from Nimes, France.
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Item No. 953
Very fine, Austrian, Neoclassical period chandelier
In polychromed wood and iron with five branches in original, non-electrified condition. The bowl decorated in a pewter patina and gold; bronze filigree in the shape of volutes.
33" high by 39" diameter
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Item No. 947
Fine, French, Louis XVI style bed
Queen size, in solid mahogany with mahogany parquetry veneer and gilt bronze mounts. Circa 1880.
Provenance: From the Vanderbilt country estate.
63" wide by 80" long
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Item No. 944
Pair of very fine, Regency, giltwood benches
In solid, carved giltwood, each with outscrolled-ends and a seat covered in cream silk damask by Brunscwhig & Fils, with paneled friezes applied with oak leaves and acorns, on incurved legs with lion's paw feet, the underside of each inscribed 65.1137 B and 38584.
Probably Northern European, circa 1810.
Provenance: Acquired from Partridge, London, 21 November 1990.
Each bench is 30˝" high by 65" wide by 19˝" deep
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Item No. 937
Very fine French, Neoclassical style, brass-mounted bureau plat
In solid mahogany with flame mahogany veneers, tapered, fluted legs terminating above elegant brass mounts, original hand-tooled leather, five drawers, and tirets (pull-out surfaces) on both sides. Circa 1830.
64" wide (94" with both tirets extended) by 31" deep by 30" high
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