Antique Gilded Furniture

			Very fine pair of Neoclassical period fauteuils of large dimension (Item No. 922) In solid, carved giltwood. Circa 1780. Stamped "P H Poire JME" (Philippe Poirié, who was named Maître Ébéniste in 1765). 40" high by 27½" wide by 22½" deep

			Set of ten French, Louis XVI style, giltwood, lyre-back dining chairs (Item No. 684) Newly upholstered. 19th century. 18" wide by 18" deep by 18½" high (at the seat) and 37" high (at the back)

			Fine, English, George I style, chinoiserie, fall-front secretary (Item No. 915) In black lacquer, painted and parcel gilded. Late 19th or early 20th century.

			Fine, Italian, Neoclassical period, painted and parcel-gilded, diminutive console table (Item No. 913) With Carrera marble top. Circa 1780.

			Very Fine, French, Louis XV style bed of large dimension (Item No. 910) In tulupwood and kingwood with gilt bronze mounts. Late 19th century. Stamped "MILLET A. PARIS" (Jean Millet, french, active 1853-1918) Headboard 69¾" high by 69" wide

			Fine, French, Napoleon III period, black lacquer, gilt bronze, and incised gilt brass table a jeu (game table) (Item No. 813) Opens to reveal original felt playing surface. Circa 1860. Provenance: estate of Mexican film star Maria Felix. 34" wide by 16½ deep (closed)/33" deep (open) by 30" high

			Pair of very fine and rare Regence period chenets (Item No. 909) In gilt bronze with sphinxes. Circa 1720.

			Pair of Italian, Neoclassical, white-painted and parcel-gilt demi-lune console tables (Item No. 895) Circa 1785. 35¾" high by 49¾" wide by 25½" deep

			Very fine, Northern Italian, Rococo period overmantel mirror of large dimensions (Item No. 889) In solid, carved giltwood, the pierced, scrolling frame with a shell cresting floral garlands. C-scrolls and foliate scrolls surrounding a later divided mirror plate. Mid-18th century. 66½" high by 71½" wide

			Italian, Neoclassical, parcel gilt and painted settee (Item No. 905) The rectangular slightly scrolled upholstered back with leaf carved rounded arms on tapering columnar supports over a leaf and arrow carved seat raised on square tapering fluted legs. Late 18th century 36" high (at back) by 77" wide by 23" deep

			Set of six fine, French, Regence style, carved giltwood fauteuils (Item No. 862) Each with foliate carved, channelled frame and carved, giltwood entertrotoise (stretchers). Legs terminating in pied de sabots. Each chair applied with a paper label to the underside, CALIFORNIA PALACE FOR THE LEGION OF HONOR, 21, LINCOLN PARK, SAN FRANCISCO/1958.54/armchair, wood carved, gesso and gilt; upholstered in silk and wool petit-point embroidery/France, style of about 1710/Lent by the W.H. Crocker Estate and with a stencilled label GUERDE/doreur encadreur/45 rue de Bourgogne 45/Paris/meubles batiment a cadres dor/aes Noir met imitation d'…./eatt/aemiation et oxidisation de 10r. One of six matching chairs shown. 19th century. Provenance: W.H. Crocker - Accessioned by the California Palace for the Legion of Honor in 1958

			Pair of French, Jacob period, painted and parcel-gilded fauteuils (Item No. 720) One of identical pair shown. Stamped "Jacob Freres Rue Meslee." Circa 1800. Provenance: Collection of Old Versailles New York, New York. 35½" high (at back) 18" (at seat) by 22" deep by 21½" wide

			Very fine, French Provençal, Louis XV period mirror in solid, carved giltwood (Item No. 898) In the Rocaille form, vigorously carved with grapes, leaves, vines, the whole surmounted by a crest in the form of a "corbeille a fleurs" (basket of flowers). With later plate glass. 18th century. 52" high by 34" wide

			Fine, Venetian, Rococo style polychrome decorated desk (Item No. 894) 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 64½" wide by 30" deep

			French, 18th century, Louis XV period console table (Item No. 870) In carved giltwood having a gray and white marble top. 38" wide by 19" deep by 33" high

			Very fine, French, Neo-classical style, bronze d'ore and patinated bronze, six-light chandelier (Item No. 893) With sunburst canape, bronze-linked chain, patinated bronze cherubim playing horns, and centered by a gilt bronze torchere. Recently electrified to American standard. 19th century.

			Fine, French, Louis XV period mirror (Item No. 878) In solid, carved giltwood with original mercury glass. From the region of Nimes, Provence. Mid-18th century.

			Very fine, French, Louix XV period, giltwood console table (Item No. 876) Mid-18th century. Possibly Lyon. 51½" wide by 25" deep by 31¼" high

			Set of four, very fine, Italian, Neoclassical period, grey-painted and giltwood boiserie panels of large dimensions (Item No. 875) The panels circa 1800, the later frames mid-19th century. Each one painted with classical figures: Minerva, Apollo, Bacchus, and Diana. The frames inscribed "SALONE BALLO." large pair: 76" high by 62¼" wide; small pair 74½" high by 62½" wide

			Fine, Venetian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded coiffeuse (Item No. 873) 19th century. 60½" high by 39" wide by 18" deep