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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. 1206

Pair of French, Rocaille style, three-arm sconces

In solid, gilt bronze. Originally gasoliers. Circa 1870.

25" high by 14" wide by 5" deep

Item No. 1200

Pair of Napoleon III period firescreens

Paintings of birds and landscapes on opaline glass inset in gilt brass frames.

Circa 1870 by celebrated artist Narcisse Vivien (signed "NV").

38½" high by 26" wide by 17" deep (at base)

Item No. 1199

Pair of Italian, Neoclassical period candelabras

In solid, carved giltwood; each having seven arms in gilt iron. Adorned with acanthus leaves; fluted central stem; the whole resting upon a tripd base with clawed feet.

33" high by 17" in diameter

Item No. 1195

Pair of Louis XVI, Ormolu-Mounted, Carved, Painted and Parcel-Gilt, Velvet Upholstered Fauteuils à la Reine

One with the initials 'M G' in white paint; both with illegible names in pencil on the inside of the chair rail.

39¾" high (18½" at seat) by 26½" wide by 27" deep

Item No. 1191

Art Nouveau period Jardiniere (planter)

In gilt bronze, having a rectangular shape with a stylized "Lily of the Valley" design, the whole upon four foliate legs.

France, circa 1900.

24" wide by 10" high by 10" deep

Item No. 1190

Fine, English Regency tilt-top table

In faux painted specimen marble, mahogany, and parcel-gilt. On tripod base.

Circa 1815.

Formerly with Mallett Antiques.

28½" high by 35" diameter

Item No. 1186

French, Empire style, gilt bronze chandelier

Having six arms, each with a bronze cast of a female bust, surrounding a blue ceramic center column; the whole surmounted by a torchiere.

Second half of the 19th century. In the manner of François Rémond.

Item No. 1182

Portuguese, Baroque period coffre

In solid walnut elaborately carved in deep relief, the top having molded and mask carved edges centering an armorial cartouche flanked by dragons; the facade having a gilt iron escutcheon surrounded by dragons and winged figures; with deeply carved base molding on ball and claw feet, distinctive dovetails, and carved side panels set with carrying handles. Late 17th century

48" wide by 34" high by 26" deep

Item No. 1174

Exceptional, French, Art Nouveau period bureau plat

In solid, carved walnut; with five conforming drawers; have writing surface inset with decorative, gilt-embossed leather blotter, each side with tirets (additional pull out writing surfaces), the whole delicately sculpted with flowers and other vegetation and resting upon four slightly cabriole legs. Circa: 1890, L'ecole de Nancy.

Item No. 1167

Large, Important, French cache pot

Manufactured by the royal porcelain maker, Sèvres, in painted and gilded porcelain with gilt bronze mounts for the last French King, Louis Phillippe (r. 1830-1848).

The interior bears two stamps, the first having the King's monogram (LP) and the date (1844), and the other bearing the mark for "Château des tuileries", the royal residence where the piece was to be displayed.

14" in diameter by 12" high

Item No. 1159

French, Louis XVI style, gilt-bronze Bouillotte lamp

Having three lights with ram's head motif and pierced base. Circa 1900.

30½" high by 18" diameter

Item No. 1156

Pair of Restauration period gilt-bronze and patinated bronze sconces

Each having two lights with winged putti holding cornucopia. Circa 1830. Not pierced (not electrified).

14" tall

Item No. 1155

Italian, Neoclassical period, painted and parcel-gilt chest of drawers

Having two small drawers above two large drawers. Late 18th century.

36" high by 45¾" wide by 21¾" deep

Item No. 1153

French, Neoclassical style lamp

In gilt bronze and patinated bronze with a winged putto (cherub) holding two candelabra above a square plinth base elaborately cast in bronze d'ore.

Attributed to Henri Picard, who was established in Paris, 6 rue Jarente from 1831 to 1839 and then 10 rue de la Perle from 1840 to 1864. Picard worked on Emperor Napoleon III’s apartments at the Louvre Palace.

Second half of the 19th century.

23" high by 13" diameter

Item No. 1139

French, Louis XVI style, gilt bronze and alabaster mantle clock

Delicately cast bronze, crowned with two seated cherubim, one holding grapes and the other a triangle; the clock's face surmounted by a Bacchic mask, flanked by ram's heads and ornamental, flowering trees; the whole mercury gilded and liberally adorned with acanthus leaves and resting upon an alabaster base and highly stylized, toupee feet.

First half of the 19th century.

13" wide by 14" high

Item No. 1137

French, Louis XV style correspondence box

Embossed and gilt tooled leather ornamented in fleur de lis motif having a metal clasp. 19th century.

12¼" high by 7" wide by 7" deep

Item No. 1134

The Birds of North America & Studer's Popular Ornithology (two volumes)

Columbus, Ohio: Jacob H. Studer & Co., 1878. In two volumes. Folio. Illustrated with 160 plates (119 color lithographic plates in first volume and 41 tinted lithographic plates in second volume), with tissue guards. Full gilt-lettered and decorated black morocco; spines gilt; inner dentelles gilt. Spines, edges, and joints slightly scuffed; internally clean. Ex-library with book-plates on front paste-downs and call numbers in pencil on title-pages; plates free of all markings.

This comprises The Birds of North America and Ornithology: or, the Science of Birds.

Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.

Item No. 1133

Pair of French, Regence style sconces

In solid, gilt bronze, in the form of stylized cherubim, each having two lights. Circa 1850.

20½" high

Item No. 1115

French, Restauration period chandelier ("lustre d'alcove")

Of small dimensions having five arms. In solid, gilt bronze. Circa 1835.

27" high by 14" diameter