Magnificent English Furniture from the Collection of Theodore & Ruth Baum
Catalog Information: 75 lots with images
Date: 2004
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Lot 401: A GEORGE I WALNUT NEEDLEWORK COVERED ARMCHAIR CIRCA 1715
the over-upholstered escutcheon form back and oval drop-in seat covered in contemporary needlework worked with summer flowers and foliage on a pale salmon ground, the molded arms with shepherd's crook supports, the conforming veneered seat rail suppo [...more]
Lot 402: A QUEEN ANNE INLAID ELMWOOD LOWBOY CIRCA 1710
the rectangular figured burr top with a molded edge and broad banding above a frieze centered by a small drawer flanked by two deep drawers above a shaped apron, the plain cabriole legs with pad feet.
Lot 403: A GEORGE II BLUE JAPANNED AND GILT DECORATED BRACKET CLOCK BY THOMAS HUNTER, LONDON CIRCA 1755
the case with a stepped molded hood above a glazed arched door enclosing a silvered chapter ring with a date aperture and a plate engraved Thos. Hunter / London, with a subsidiary dial above indicating strike and silent, within cast foliate and flowe [...more]
Lot 404: A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND NEEDLEWORK TOP TRIPOD TABLE CIRCA 1760
the hexagonal top with molded edge enclosing a panel of needlework worked in colored silks and wool with a garden scene with musicians and spectators viewing the scene from balustraded balconies, the border with birds and bizarre flowers and foliage, [...more]
Lot 405: A GEORGE II WALNUT WING ARMCHAIR CIRCA 1750
the tall upholstered back continuing to shaped wings above upholstered out-scrolled arms, the seat with a cushion, the front cabriole legs carved with lions' masks with stylized plumes above continuing to scrolled brackets, and claw-and-ball feet.
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