ID 479169
Lot 156 | A MATCHED PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED ATHENIENNES, ONE IN MAHOGAN...
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
AFTER THE DESIGN BY PERCIER AND FONTAINE, ONE ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB FRERES, CONSULAT, CIRCA 1800, THE OTHER RESTAURATION, CIRCA 1820-30
The Consulat example in mahogany, the Restauration example in yew; each with circular inset campan marble top, centering a brûle parfum with lotus cast collar with domed lid pierced with trellis and quatrefoils above a frieze fitted with three spring-activated drawers, on circular tapering legs headed by winged female terms, emblematic of Diana and cast with scrolls suspending a pierced basket, with incurved triangular gallery undertier on paw feet and similarly shaped plinth
40 in. (101.6 cm.) high, 16 in. (40.6 cm.) diameter, the larger example
| Medium: | Gilding, Gold |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Medium: | Gilding, Gold |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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