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French Antique Furniture
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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. 942
Very fine Louis XV gilt bronze mounted kingwood bureau plat and cartonnier
The cartonnier with circular white enameled dial signed "Masson a Paris", with roman hour markers and arabic minutes, above a case surmounted by a gilt-bronze monkey and enclosing six pigeon-holes, four containing tooled red morocco leather removable drawers, raised on scroll feet, the underside bearing the stamped initials "L V E " with an iron cross between the L and the V; the bureau plat with gilt-tooled red leather insert with a gilt bronze banded edge and scallop shells at corners, above five drawers, raised on cabriole legs mounted with chutes and terminating in sabots.
Mid-18th century, the bureau plat attributed to Pierre Migeon II, the cartonnier dial signed masson.
Bureau plat: 29" high by 88" wide by 44¾" deep Clock: 37" high
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Item No. 718
French, Louis XVI period tric-trac table
In solid, carved mahogany with flame mahogany veneer, gilt bronze trim, and tapered, fluted legs. Backgammon surface in ebony with ivory inlay. Leather top reverses to reveal felt playing surface for cards. Circa 1780.
47" long by 27" deep by 28" high
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Item No. 925
Fine, Arlesian, Louis XV period vitrine
in solid, carved walnut having chapeau de gendarme cornice adorned with corbeille a fleurs (flower basket), the case with two conforming, arched doors elegantly carved with foliage and musical instruments; having four interior shelves and pierced, fretted keyplates; the whole terminating on acanthus leaf adorned escargot feet.
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Item No. 588
French, Provençal, Neoclassical period, oval dining table
In solid walnut with "pied Jacob" and drop leaves. Can extend to accommodate five leaves (seating for 16). Early 19th century.
without leaves 54" wide by 58" long by 30" high. With all five leaves, extends to 158" long.
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Item No. 896
Fine, French, Rocaille style table de milieu (center table)
In solid walnut, carved on all four sides, with pierced apron on front and back, cabriole legs terminating in pied de sabots, and original rouge des Flandres marble top. Early 19th century.
33½" high by 48½" wide by 24¾" deep
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Item No. 885
Pair of fine, Louis XV style marquise bergeres
In solid, carved beechwood with serpentine, floral carved crests, scrolled arms, ample seats with serpentine floral-carved rail, and cabriole legs. One of identical pair shown. 19th century.
42" wide by 40" tall by 25" deep
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