ID 1027807
Lot 331 | AN EMPIRE GILTWOOD CANAPE
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The top rail carved with scrolling foliate motifs and palmettes surrounding laurel wreaths and classical vessels, flanked by Egyptian pilasters issuing downswept arms, each modelled as a male winged divinity with foliate lower body, the seat-rail carved with stylized palmettes and flowerheads, on tapering ball feet carved with palmettes, upholstered in crimson velvet with two gold-trimmed cushions
36 ½ in. (93 cm.) high, 78 in. (198 cm.) wide, 31 in. (79 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
C. de Nicolay-Mazery, Private Houses of France, Paris, 2014, p. 280.
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Art style: | Empire |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Sofas und Couches |
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Art style: | Empire |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Sofas und Couches |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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