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A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD ARMOIRES

Lot 143
29.10.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 60 000
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1507016
Lot 143 | A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD ARMOIRES
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
Each with a rectangular top and concave cresting mounted with acanthus leaf tips above a large single door, one centred by a relief-cast plaque depicting a scene with 'Daphne and Apollo', the other with a plaque depicting 'Apollo and Marsyas', each beneath a drapery canopy and within a strapwork border headed by an espagnolette mask, one enclosing two, the other three shelves, flanked by simulated pilasters headed, centred and terminating in trellis-cast cartouche clasps, the plinth centred by a mask of Apollo flanked by foliate rosettes, the simulated panelled sides similarly mounted with foliate rosettes and espagnolette angle clasps, on gadrooned toupie feet, stencilled to the reverse 'A.W. 861 C.H.T', remodelled and reduced in height probably later in the 18th century from a larger piece, restorations to the veneers, some of the smaller mounts replaced
65 in. (165 cm.) high; 423/8 in. (107.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep [armoire with Apollo and Daphne]
65¼ in. (165.5 cm.) high; 43 in. (109 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep [armoire with Apollo and Marsyas]
Artist:Charles Cressent (1685 - 1768)
Applied technique:Ormolu
Medium:Amaranth, Satinwood
Historical era:Regency in England
Place of origin:France
Auction house category:Cupboards
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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15.10.2025 – 29.10.2025
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