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Set of twelve, fine, French Restauration, painted and parcel-gilded chairs (Item No. 860)
Comprising six armchairs and six side chairs, each with a scrolled, padded back. The armchairs with curved arms terminating in scrolling leafs above leaf-carved scrolling legs and back sabre legs. Circa 1825.
sidechairs: 33" high by 18" wide by 21" deep - armchairs: 37" high by 22" wide by 26" deep
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Set of four Consulat style chaises (Item No. 774)
Crème painted and parcel gilded with Greek key motif. 19th century.
18" wide by 18" deep by 17" high (at seat) and 33" high (at back)
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Fine, French, Louis XV Period Mirror (Item No. 879)
In solid carved giltwood. Mid-18th century. With original giltwood surface and original mercury glass. From the region of Nimes.
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Set of 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. 19th century.
Provenance: W.H. Crocker - Accessioned by the California Palace for the Legion of Honor in 1958
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Fine, French, Louis XV period, giltwood chaise longue (Item No. 851)
The padded backrest with serpentine top rail continuing to padded wings, the shaped rails raised on cabriole legs; the whole carved with foliate scrolls, shell motifs and seed pods. Mid-18th century.
37½" high by 33½" wide by 76" long
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George III period, oval, carved giltwood mirror (Item No. 845)
With pierced framework carved with rose branches and husk swags amidst s and c-scrolls and surmounted by ho ho birds at the shoulders, centering a tiered scrollwork crest. Late 18th or early 19th century.
62" high by 39½" wide
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Italian, Renaissance period, giltwood and pastiglia cassone (Item No. 836)
The arched top decorated and star-shaped motif centered by a coat-of-arms, above a rectangular body decorated in pastiglia with figures in procession, the sides with similar star-shaped motif on bracket legs. Circa 1430, with restorations.
29½" high by 71½" wide by 23¼" deep
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Fine, French, Regence period, carved giltwood console (Item No. 843)
With veined pink marble serpentine-fronted top above a shell and foliate frieze on crosshatched and diagonal reeded ground, raised on foliate-carved double scroll cabriole legs terminating in "pied de sabots." Circa 1725.
30¼" high by 31½" wide by 17" deep
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Pair of George III style gilt-wood girandoles (Item No. 560)
Each cartouche-form mirror plate within a conforming leafage and floral-carved frame with rocaille and floral crest, supporting four scrolling candle arms cresting in later sockets. One of opposing pair shown. 19th century.
57" high by 33" wide
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Parisian, Louis XV period table a jeu (Item No. 757)
In kingwood, ebony, and ivory veneers with cabriole legs terminating in gilt-bronze sabot feet. Opens to reveal a green felt poker surface. Mid-18th century.
closed: 25¼ wide by 22" deep by 28" high - when opened, poker surface is 25¼" by 44"
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French, Louis XVI period tric-trac table (Item No. 718)
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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French, Louis XV period ottoman (Item No. 281)
Very rare sofa in carved giltwood having the characteristic corbeille shaped back and outward curved seat. 18th century.
78" wide by 32" deep by 39½" high (at back)
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