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Item No. 1226

Flemish, Baroque Period, Tapestry Panel (Entre Fenetre)

Being part of a series of tapestries entitled “The Continents” This one representing Africa and depicting two allegorical figures, one wearing an elephant headdress holding a lobster and cornucopia with a lion in the background and the other wearing a headdress made of feathers. Finely woven in wool and silk. Circa: 1680

124" high by 38" wide

Item No. 1225

Fine, Northern Italian, Louis XVI period, Secretaire a Abbatant

Recto-linear in form, designs in both marquetry and parquetry, using fruit wood, ebonized wood and walnut veneers, having one long central drawer above the abbatant door which opens to reveal four small interior drawers and a leather writing surface, the lower compartment with two doors, each side adorned with musical trophies.

Certainly inspired by the workshop of Guiseppe Maggiolini.

Circa: 1780-1790

42" wide by 58½" high by 15½" deep

Item No. 1224

Magnificent, Nimoise, Louis XV period commode (sauteuse)

In solid carved walnut with serpentine front and galbe sides, richly carved with acanthus leaves and and shells, the bottom apron pierced, the whole resting on four cabriole feet, with original gilt bronze pulls. Circa: 1750

52½" wide by 36" high by 26" deep

Item No. 1223

French, Art Nouveau period, patinated bronze figure "Amour aux colombes"

Bronze with verdigris, inscribed 'JA Injalbert' at bottom. Circa 1890.

22" high by 12" wide by 15" deep

Item No. 1222

Flemish, Renaissance period tapestry panel

From Belgium "La scene de la Chasse" woven in wool and silk. Circa 1580.

95" wide by 82" high

Item No. 1221

French, Art Nouveau period diminutive canapé

In solid, carved walnut with silk upholstery. Circa 1900. L'ecole de Nancy.

28" wide by 27" high by 15" deep

Item No. 1220

French, Art Nouveau Period Console table

In solid mahogany with zebrawood adorned with gilt bronze mounts. L'ecole de Nancy. Circa 1890.

56" wide by 35½" high by 22" deep

Item No. 1219

English, Early George III Period mirror

In solid, carved giltwood. Oval in form with pagoda and "ho ho bird." Circa 1760.

43" high by 26" wide by 5" deep

Item No. 1138

English, George III period cane settee

With curved ends and three seats, each seat having a circular cane-back panel inset with a hand-painted medallion, the whole resting upon elegantly-tapered legs and painted in bellflowers. Circa 1785.

72" wide by 27" deep by 35" high

Item No. 664

Tuscan, Renaissance period cassone

In solid carved walnut, the front and side panels finely sculpted with foliate rinceaux design, the lower apron with palmettes, the whole resting on claw feet. Circa 1580.

58" wide by 23½" high by 19" deep

Item No. 1218

French, Art Nouveau period canape and chaise (side chair)

In solid, carved giltwood. Having original gilding, upholstery, and fabric. Circa 1890, from the workshop of Louis Majorelle.

Louis Majorelle (1859-1926) was a French cabinetmaker and decorator in the Art Nouveau movement of the Nancy School, where he served as vice-president. Started in the 1890s, Majorelle's furniture production was embellished by interlacing and took its inspiration from nature: plants, water lilies, thistles, and dragonflies.

Majorelle is an internationally recognized figure of the Nancy School.

53¼" wide (canape) by 27½" deep by 44½" high (both, at the back)

Item No. 1217

Pair of hand-decorated Doulton Lambeth pottery "fairy" vases

Decorated and signed by Margaret Walker, Lambeth, England. Circa 1891-1910.

8¼" high by 4" diameter

Item No. 1216

French, Regence Period Mirror

In solid, carved giltwood with parcloses; in two sections, the pediment elegantly adorned with sea shells, scrolls, flowers, and acanthus leaves; the lower section rectangular in form with frame a la berain. Original mecury glass and original gilding. Circa 1720

Provenance: Sotheby's Monaco 1983

66 inches high by 34¼ inches wide

Item No. 895

Pair of Italian, Neoclassical, white-painted and parcel-gilt demi-lune console tables

Ornamented with Neoclassical elements including acanthus leaves, acorns, vines, pateraes, resting upon four tapered and fluted legs. With later conforming rose marble tops with beveled edges. Florence, Italy. Circa 1785.

35¾" high by 49¾" wide by 25½" deep

Item No. 1215

Arlesian, Louis XV period, mangadou (storage compartment)

In solid, carved walnut. Second half of the 18th century.

54" high by 32½" wide by 19" deep

Item No. 1214

French, Louis XVI period chaise longue

Crème painted with vigorously carved neoclassical elements. Circa 1780.

65" long by 39½" high by 28" deep

Item No. 1213

French, Art Nouveau period petit deux corps

In solid, carved walnut inset with elm burl panels. From L'ecole de Nancy. Circa 1900.

81½" high by 42¾" wide by 20½" deep

Item No. 1212

French, Early Louis XV Period, Bureau Plat

Double face with six functioning drawers, curvilinear in form resting on four cabriole legs, the veneer done in parquetry of Tulipwood, the top inset with gilt-tooled brown leather, the whole adorned with bronze dore mounts. Part re-veneered. Circa 1735.

Provenance: Juan Pablo Molyneux, famous Chilean architect

57½" wide by 29" deep by 29½" high

Item No. 1211

Italian, Renaissance Period side table

In solid carved walnut with gilded accents, rectilinear in form having central baluster adorned with swags and surrounded by four columns decorated with acanthus leaves, the whole resting on a guilloches patterned base resting on lion claw feet. Restorations of maintenance. Circa late 16th century or early 17th century.

27½" by 25¾" by 31" high

Item No. 1210

French, Regence Period console table

In solid carved giltwood, the whole resting on four legs terminating in hairy hooved feet, sculpted with volutes, shells and acanthus leaves. Surmounted by grey, blue Breccia marble with double bevel. Circa 1725-1730.

51¾" wide by 33¼" high by 25¾" deep

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