Important English and Continental Furniture
Catalog Information: 52 lots | 51 with images
Date: 2004
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: AN ITALIAN CARVED WALNUT SGABELLO FLORENCE, MID 16TH CENTURY
with a trapezoid shaped back, above an oval shaped lobed seat, on front and back supports joined by a stretcher, the whole profusely carved with female term figures, stylised scrolls and floral and leaf decoration and incorporating a coat of arms
Lot 2: AN ITALIAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED BLUE AND GREEN MURANO AND CUT-GLASS MIRROR FRAME, VENETIAN LATE 17TH
AN ITALIAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED BLUE AND GREEN MURANO AND CUT-GLASS MIRROR FRAME, VENETIAN LATE 17TH CENTURYwtih an acanthus leaf-cast mirrored cresting, above a later rectangular plate within a leaf-cast border, with a mirrored ground applied with pol [...more]
Lot 3: A PAIR OF ITALIAN PRICKET CANDLESTICKS ROMAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
each with a cylindrical incised stem raised on a tripod base with boldly scroll feet
Lot 4: AN ITALIAN ENGRAVED IVORY INLAID KINGWOOD APOTHECARY'S COFFER ATTRIBUTED TO PIETRO PIFFETTI
AN ITALIAN ENGRAVED IVORY INLAID KINGWOOD APOTHECARY'S COFFER ATTRIBUTED TO PIETRO PIFFETTI (1700-1777), TURIN CIRCA 1740with a domed quarter-veneered lid, with a gilt-bronze 'c' scroll handle, opening to reveal a fitted interior, the divided rear se [...more]
Lot 5: A PAIR OF GEORGE II BURR-WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS CIRCA 1730, IN THE MANNER OF GILES GRENDEY
the shaped backs with scrolled top rails above drop-in saddle shaped seats covered in eighteenth century floral needlework, the cabriole legs with shell and bellflower carved knees on claw and ball feet
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