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Latest Acquisitions
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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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Item No. 1209
Northern European, Neoclassical period jardiniere
In solid mahogany with carved giltwood accents in the form of leaves, swags and palmette feet. Circa: 1810-1825
Provenance: Jeremy Limited, London 2005
31½" wide by 21¾" deep by 16" high
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Item No. 1147
Pair of exceptional Louis XVI period fauteuils
In solid carved mahogany with giltwood accents, the front aprons inspired by the designs of Georges Jacob, the armrests adorned with mufles de lion (lion masks) in the manner of Jacob Frères (Georges Jacob's sons), and having unusual tapered and sprial-fluted back sabre legs.
Late 18th century.
36½" high by 23½" wide
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