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Lot 257 -
An American Classical Fancy-Painted Grecian Sofa, early 19th c.,
New York, outscrolled arms centered by tablet splats, old rush
seat, saber legs on spherule feet; the whole with a striated
aquamarine ground, Classical motifs executed in yellow, red and
black with gilt highlights, the legs in "fish scale"
paint-decoration, curly maple secondary wood, height 34 in.,
length 71 in., width 23 in.[8,000/12,000] |
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Lot 260 -
A Very Fine Pair of George III Satinwood Inlaid and
Paint-Decorated Games Tables, 19th c., the D-shaped foldover top
opening to green baize playing surface, tablet apron, gate legs,
square tapering legs with block colar, spade feet, height 31
in., width 36 in., depth 18 in[8,000/12,000]
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Lot 264 -
A Fine Pair of American Classical Carved Mahogany Armchairs,
early 19th c., New York, incurvate back having figured
crest, reeded and scrolled arms, turned legs, brass casters.
[5,000/7,000] |
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Lot 277 -
Marius Jean Antonin Mercie (French, 1845-1916), "A Bacchante
Toying with the Young Pan", a carved white marble figural
group depicting a life-sized bacchante teasing the young
faun who pleads for his reed pipe, a lion cub at his side,
signed "a. Mercie" on base, raised on a carved marble
pedestal, figural group height 54 in., width 40 in.,
pedestal height 37 in., overall height 91 in.[50,000/75,000] |
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Lot 284 -
A Very Fine Napoleon III Parquetry, Marquetry and Gilt
Bronze-Mounted Commode, 19th c., Paris, original rouge
fossilized marble top above two deep drawers, on saber legs
ending in sabots, height 35 1/2 in., width 42 1/2 in., depth
22 in. [4,000/6,000] |
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Lot 290 -
Italian School, 19th c., a life-size marble figure of
Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance, depicted with her usual
attribute of a Lyre, height 64 in., width 21 in., depth 15
in., on a circular white marble plinth. [8,000/12,000] |
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Lot 292 -
A Fine French Gilt Bronze and Chinese Porcelain
Centerpiece, 18th and 19th c., rare monumental Chinese
Export bowl, 18th c., with extensive Famille Rose vignettes
and reserves in "Mazarin" blue and gilt, the interior bowl
with centered enamel landscape, mounted within the mid-19th
c., dolphin supported Napoleonic bronze centerpiece,
probably Paris, height 20 in., diameter 18 in.
[10,000/15,000] |
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Lot 294
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A Very Fine Pair of Italian Carved and Polychrome
Blackamoors, 19th c., each handsome figure holding aloft a
circular plinth; retaining vividly painted elements, height
65 in., width 16 1/2 in., depth 18 in.; presented on
associated carved and painted bases. [8,000/12,000]
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Lot 305 -
A Fine Edwardian Mahogany and Brass-Inlaid Bureau à
Cylindre, c. 1900, in the Louis XVI style, galleried top
above a tier of four small drawers, cylinder lid enclosing a
complex fitted interior, leather writing surface, fluted
tapering legs with cuffs, probably a "presentation" example
bearing a label: "by his friends Rt. Rev. the Bishop
Luffragan of Leicester, Easter 1803", locks Hobbs & Co.
London, height 49 in., width 60 in., depth 29 1/2 in.
[4,000/6,000] |
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Lot 307 -
A Fine Louis XV-Style Carved Rosewood and Aubusson
Tapestry Salon Suite, 19th c., comprising a canape, pair of
fauteuils, and four chaises, covered en suite in tapestry
with Neoclassical floral sprays, pale rose ground, each
frame with arched crest, shell cartouche and floral sprays,
shaped padded arms serpentine shell carved scalloped rail,
cabriole legs, casters, sofa height 47 1/8 in., width 76
in., depth 25 in., (7 pcs.) [12,000/18,000] |
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Lot 343 -
Clarence Millet (American/Louisiana, 1897-1959), "Beyond
Flows the Mississippi", oil on canvas, signed lower right,
signed and titled en verso, 30 in. x 35 in., in a period
frame. [12,000/18,000]
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Lot 369 -
After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851), "American
Flamingo", No. 87, Plate CCCCXXX1, hand colored engraving,
Havell edition, from @Birds of America@, the elephant
folio-paper watermarked "J. Whatman/ 1838", sheet 38 1/8 in.
x 25 3/8 in. [40,000/60,000] |
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Lot 379 -
George Washington Autograph Letter, to Robert Morris and
Blair McClenachan, 20 June 1780 from Springfield, NJ,
thanking them for their letter and a gift of spirits, 1
folio page, ink on paper, formerly folded in half and then
in quarters, now spread flat and matted, 13 1/8 in. x 16
5/16 in. (33.4 cm. x 41.4 cm.), in a fine clear hand with
bold signature and full address, indexed in a later hand
with details of protagonists, date, and place.
[50,000/70,000] |
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Lot 387 -
Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (French, 1790-1866, active New
Orleans, 1831-39), "Portrait of Charles Victor Foulon,
Notary (1805-1892)", oil on canvas, signed and dated "1834"
upper right, 28 3/4 in. x 23 1/2 in., in a period giltwood
frame. [30,000/50,000] |
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Lot 388 -
George Louis Viavant (American/New Orleans, 1872-1935),
"Mallard Duck: Nature Morte", watercolor, signed and dated "N.O.,1922"
lower left, sight 28 in. x 19 in., matted and in a period
wood frame. [15,000/25,000] |
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