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FRENCH FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS LOTS 1-84
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1* A Régence Style Gilt Gesso Mirror
19TH CENTURY with a flowering basket crest over a foliate scroll worked frame. Height 53 1/2 x width 40 inches. Property from the Collection of Ned Barthelmas, Columbus, Ohio $1,000-2,000 2 A Pair of Louis XV Style Fauteuils
19TH CENTURY each having a floral carved crest rail over a shaped padded back and a stuffover cushion seat, raised on channel molded cabriole legs ending in scroll feet. Height 33 3/4 inches. $600-800 3* A Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted Olivewood Tric-Trac Table
LATE 19TH CENTURY having a rectangular lift-off top opening to a fitted gaming surface, set within a conforming case raised on square cabriole legs ending in cast sabots. Height 30 x width 52 x depth 27 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Donald Baumgartner, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $1,500-2,500
4 A French Provincial Fruitwood Tea Table
19TH CENTURY having a later marble top raised on cabriole legs. Height 26 x width 28 1/2 x depth 21 1/4 inches.
Provenance: Richard Norton Antiques, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200 5
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A Louis XV Style Parcel Gilt Walnut Salon Suite
LATE 19TH CENTURY comprising a canapé, a pair of fauteuils and four side chairs, each having a foliate and C-scroll crest over a padded back and a stuffover seat, raised on cabriole legs. Height of canapé 45 1/4 x width 56 x depth 23 inches. $4,000-6,000
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6 A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Twelve Light Chandelier the central rococo stem supporting twelve similarly decorated S-scroll arms. Height 26 1/2 x diameter 28 inches. $800-1,200
7 A French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
MOVEMENT BY JAPY FRÈRES having a segmented enameled dial with Roman numeral hours and Arabic numeral minutes at five-minute increments, striking on a bell, the case formed as a Chinese man with a parasol seated atop a drum-form clock case on the back of an elephant, on a naturalistic foliate scroll base. Height 17 3/4 inches. $1,500-2,500
19TH CENTURY having a serpentine front marble top over a conforming case enclosing two drawers inlaid to show blossoming vines, raised on splayed legs ending in sabots. Height 33 3/4 x width 47 x depth 20 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000
19TH CENTURY comprising a clock and a pair of seven-light candelabra, the clock surmounted by a figure of a putto with wheat over a circular dial with Roman numeral hours and Arabic numeral minutes, further decorated with a musical trophy and having an unsigned movement striking on a bell. Height of clock 24 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000
10 A Louis XV Style Giltwood Vitrine of trefoil form with a mirrored back, having a floral swag decorated cornice and frieze with floral and foliate decoration on the body, raised on cabriole legs with foliate carved feet. Height 56 x Width 28 x Depth 16 3/4 inches. $500-700 11 A Set of Four Louis XV Walnut Side Chairs
18TH CENTURY each with a shaped padded back and a stuffover seat, raised on cabriole legs. Height 37 inches. $700-900 12 A Louis XV Walnut Chaise Longue
LATE 18TH CENTURY with an upholstered back and seat within a channel molded frame, raised on cabriole legs. Height 43 x length 72 1/2 x depth 30 1/4 inches. $5,000-7,000
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13 A Louis XV Style Beechwood Canapé à Oreilles
19TH CENTURY WITH 18TH CENTURY UPHOLSTERY having an undulating crest over a needlepoint tapestry upholstered back, sides and seat depicting foliage, trophies and herms, the seat rail carved with shells and foliate scrolls, raised on cabriole legs. Height 43 x width 68 x depth 34 inches.
Provenance: Bonhams & Butterfields, March 15, 2004, Lot 1258 $1,000-2,000
14 An Aubusson Style Needlepoint Tapestry depicting floral blossoms and foliate scrolls throughout. 94 x 94 inches. $500-700
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15 A Louis XV Provincial Walnut Commode
LATE 18TH CENTURY having a serpentine front top over two short drawers and two long drawers, raised on straight legs. Height 34 x width 49 3/4 x depth 24 inches. $2,000-4,000 16 A Pair of Louis XV Style Mahogany Marquises
CIRCA 1920 each with a straight padded back and sides, a cushion seat and a carved seat rail, raised on cabriole legs. Height 38 x width 38 x depth 28 inches. $800-1,200 17 A Louis XV/XVI Transitional Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood Commode
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, STAMPED L. GOSSON having a rectangular marble top with rounded corners over three drawers with ring handles, raised on short legs ending in sabots. Height 36 3/4 x width 37 1/4 x depth 16 3/4. $3,000-5,000
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21 18 Artist Unknown (French, 18th/19th Century) Portrait of a Lady pastel on paper 24 1/2 x 20 inches. $800-1,200
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19 A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock
19TH CENTURY surmounted by a figure of a putto with a sundial, having a circular dial with Roman numeral hours and Arabic numeral minutes, striking on a bell and raised on a foliate scroll base. Height 22 inches. $1,000-2,000
20 A Louis XV Style Mahogany Table à Nuit
20TH CENTURY having a square top with a molded edge over a single drawer and a cupboard door opening to a porcelain lined interior, raised on foliate carved cabriole legs. Height 34 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. $200-400
21 A Set of Six Louis XV Style Dining Chairs
19TH CENTURY each having a floral carved crest rail above a shaped padded back and a stuffover cushion seat, raised on cabriole legs ending in acanthus scroll carved feet. Height 41 inches. $700-900
22 A Louis XV Painted and Parcel Gilt Commode having a rectangular top with serpentine front over three lined drawers, flanked by quarter round footed columns. Height 33 1/4 x width 51 1/4 x depth 25 1/2 inches. $3,000-5,000
19TH CENTURY having a rectangular marble top with eared corners, raised on cabriole legs. Height 29 3/4 x width 37 1/4 x depth 26 1/2 inches. $400-600
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24 A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Eight-Light Chandelier of cage form with C-scroll candle arms and applied foliate decoration. Diameter 30 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000
25 A Gilt Metal and Porcelain Mounted Ebonized Pedestal
20TH CENTURY with circular figural plaques and a square top and base. Height 43 inches. $300-500 26 A French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
19TH CENTURY having a circular dial signed Leroy à Paris with Roman numeral hours and Arabic numeral minutes at five-minute increments, the case formed with a figure of Cupid atop a drum-form clock case resting on the back of a bull in the manner of Jean-Joseph de St. Germain, on a naturalistic base with scroll feet. Height 24 1/8 inches. $3,000-5,000
27 A French Giltwood Barometer
18TH CENTURY having a wreath carved frame with a torch trophy crest. Height 34 x width 19 inches. $1,500-2,500 28
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A Continental Marble Mantel Clock
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with a circular dial signed Cresson à Paris and having Roman numerals. Height 14 3/4 inches. $500-700
29 A Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode
MYRTIL DENNERY & P. ALEXANDRE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY the D-shaped marble top over a conforming case enclosing a grape vine decorated frieze drawer and two long drawers, raised on baluster legs ending in cast sabots. Height 35 x width 59 x depth 25 1/4 inches. $1,500-2,500
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19TH CENTURY having a shaped padded back over a stuffover cushion seat flanked by foliate scroll carved arms, all raised on fluted, cylindrical tapering legs. Height 38 3/4 inches. $300-500
31 A Louis XVI Style Vernis Martin Decorated Giltwood Vitrine the bottom panels painted to show pastoral scenes, raised on fluted cylindrical tapering legs. Height 54 1/4 x width 27 1/2 x depth 13 inches. $600-800
32 A French Marble Plaque
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS DUQUESNOY (FLEMISH, 1597-1643) depicting four putti carrying floral garlands. Height 11 3/4 x width 15 3/4 inches. $2,000-4,000 33* A Louis XVI Style Giltwood Mirror
19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY EARLIER the rectangular mirror plate within a conforming mirrored frame with protruding corners, surmounted by shell and foliate decorated cartouche corona flanked by flaming urns. Height 73 x width 25 1/4 inches. Property from the Family of Giovanni Macario, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $1,000-2,000
34* A Set of Six Louis XVI Painted Side Chairs
18TH CENTURY each having a carved lyriform splat above a stuffover cushion seat, raised on fluted cylindrical tapering legs. Height 38 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Swift, St. Louis, Missouri $800-1,200 35 A Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Chenets
19TH/20TH CENTURY each cast with a putto emerging from a scroll. Height 10 1/2 inches.
Provenance: Christie’s New York, October 7, 2005, Lot 606 $2,000-3,000
36 Two Louis XVI Style Fauteuils
19TH/20TH CENTURY each with an upholstered back, arms and seat, raised on fluted tapering legs. Height of larger 39 1/2 x width 24 1/2 x depth 19 inches. $300-500
37 A Group of Louis XVI Painted Seating Furniture
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY WITH LATER PAINT comprising a pair of fauteuils and an associated settee, each having a padded back, padded arms and a stuffover seat, raised on fluted tapering legs. Height of settee 34 1/2 x width 45 1/2 x depth 24 inches. $1,000-2,000 38 A French Painted and Parcel Gilt Trumeau Mirror
18TH AND 19TH CENTURY ELEMENTS the upper section inset with a canvas panel depicting three figures. Height 67 1/8 x width 43 3/4 inches. $2,000-4,000 39 A Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood Dressing Table
FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY having an oval dressing mirror set on paw form supports with two electric lights at each side, the table of block front outline with three frieze drawers, raised on fluted tapering legs ending in caps. Height 60 1/4 x width 41 x depth 20 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of a Prominent Midwest Collector $1,000-1,500
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20TH CENTURY having a demilune, galleried, marble inset top surmounting a gilt metal foliate decorated frieze above two conforming tiers, raised on turned tapering feet. Height 34 1/4 x width 24 1/2 x depth 12 inches. $400-600
19TH CENTURY each having a ribbon, cornucopia and floral carved crest rail surmounting a circular jasperware medallion depicting allegories of music, above a padded back and stuffover cushion seat, raised on spiral twist fluted, cylindrical tapering legs. Height 42 1/2 inches. $800-1,200
42 A Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Three-Light Sconces each in the form of a ribbon tied quiver of arrows, with foliate candle arms suspending floral garlands. Height 29 1/2 inches. $700-900
43 A Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Twelve-Light Chandelier
20TH CENTURY having an arrow and ribbon decorated corona surmounting three supports and a center support modeled as a quiver of arrows, issuing foliate scroll arms leading to six upward and six downward facing sockets. Height 54 1/2 x diameter 32 1/2 inches $3,000-5,000
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY having a galleried top over the lobed Vernis Martin decorated case, raised on cabriole legs. Height 67 x width 27 x depth 15 inches. $800-1,200
45 A Pair of Louis XVI Style Bergères
19TH/20TH CENTURY each with a foliate carved crest rail over a padded back, arms and cushion seat, raised on fluted tapering legs. Height 37 1/4 inches. $500-700
19TH CENTURY having a rectangular marble top with rounded front corners over the conforming case fitted with three drawers, raised on tapering legs. Height 31 1/4 x width 40 x depth 19 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000
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19TH CENTURY each having a ribbon carved crest rail over an oval padded back and stuffover cushion seat, raised on fluted, cylindrical tapering legs. Height 37 1/2 inches. $500-700
48 A Louis XVI Style Window Seat
20TH CENTURY having a rectangular stuffover cushion seat surmounted by fluted double baluster form handles to each side, raised on fluted, cylindrical tapering legs joined by a stylized X-form stretcher. Width 36 inches. $300-500
49* A French Gilt Metal Portico Clock
19TH CENTURY having a circular dial with Roman numerals signed Fleschelle à Paris, the movement unsigned and striking on a bell. Height 21 x width 10 x depth 6 inches. Property from the Collection of Ned Barthelmas, Columbus, Ohio $500-700
50 An Empire Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marble Pedestal having a square top over an Egyptian style female herm, raised on a stepped base. Height 41 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000
51 An Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted Lit en Bateau
19TH CENTURY having outsplayed arms, with a double cushion seat, four cushion back and two bolster cushions. Height 38 x width 84 x depth 35 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000 52 An Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Secrétaire à Abattant
EARLY 19TH CENTURY WITH ALTERATION having a rectangular marble top over a frieze drawer and a drop down writing surface opening to a series of drawers and niches, raised on four supports over a plinth base set on paw feet. Height 57 1/2 x width 36 1/4 x depth 15 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of a Prominent Midwest Collector $2,000-4,000 53 A Pair of Empire Style Gilt Bronze and Marble Three-Light Candelabra
EARLY 20TH CENTURY each with a classically dressed female caryatid supporting the candle arms, raised on a rectangular verde antico marble base set on paw feet. Height 17 1/2 inches.
Provenance: New Orleans Auction Galleries $200-400
54 Five Napoleonic Decorative Articles comprising a German porcelain bust, a porcelain miniature and a lithograph, together with two other porcelain busts. Dimensions of lithograph 13 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. $400-600
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EARLY 20TH CENTURY WITH LATER ELEMENTS having a rectangular marble top over a frieze drawer and a drop down writing surface opening to a fitted interior above a paneled door opening to drawers, raised on hemispherical feet. Height 56 1/2 x width 38 x depth 17 inches. Property from the Estate of a Prominent Midwest Collector $2,000-4,000
56 A Napoleon III Kingwood Cave à Liqueur
LATE 19TH CENTURY having an inlaid brass foliate decorated monogram on the lid and opening to a removable two-tiered stand with a glass decanter and a series of cordials, raised on flattened bun feet. Height 10 3/4 x width 12 3/4 x depth 10 inches when closed. $800-1,200 57 A Pair of Baccarat Candlesticks each of baluster form with twist decoration, having circular acid stamp to base. Height 9 inches. $600-800
58 A Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Mounted and Parcel Ebonized Meuble d’Appui
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY fitted with a drawer over a door and mounted with ram masks at the sides tapering to hoof feet. Height 51 1/2 x width 35 1/2 x depth 18 inches. $1,200-1,800
59 Two Napoleon III Perfume Caddies
19TH CENTURY comprising a burlwood veneered example opening to two bottles and a brass inlaid ebonized example opening to three bottles. Height of taller 4 inches. $400-600
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60 A Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mantle Clock
19TH CENTURY with an urn form cobalt porcelain case mounted with satyr masks suspending festoons from a circular dial with Roman numeral hours and Arabic numeral minutes, the urn surmounted by a putto with a sheaf of wheat, the base cast with two figures of Cupid, a dove on a quiver trophy and toupie feet. Height 29 inches. $2,000-3,000 61 A Napoleon III Style Ebonized and Marquetry Decorated Handkerchief Table
LATE 19TH CENTURY with four D-shaped leaves, the top inlaid to show musical trophies and foliate scrolls, raised on fluted tapering legs joined by stretchers. Height 29 inches. $800-1,200 62* A French Marquetry Decorated Rosewood Clock Garniture
CHARLES OUDIN, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY the clock of rectangular form with silvered dial having Roman numerals, the case inlaid with scrolling flowers and a butterfly, having time and strike movement, the urns with conforming inlays and feet. Height of clock 13 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Bruce and Inez Cohen, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000
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63 A Pair of Neoclassical Cast Metal Urns each of handled baluster form, raised on a circular marble foot. Height 13 1/4 inches. Property from the Oprah Winfrey Collections, Chicago, Illinois
Provenance: Objets Plus Inc., New York, NY $800-1,200
64 A Neoclassical Bronze Tazza of circular handled form centered with a winged female representing the arts. Width over handles 16 1/2 inches. Property from the Oprah Winfrey Collections, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 65
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A French Neoclassical Gilt Metal Lantern
19TH CENTURY with glass panels enclosing four lights. Height 21 inches. Property from the Oprah Winfrey Collections, Chicago, Illinois
Provenance: Florian Papp, New York, NY $500-700
66 Three Sèvres Cabinet Vases
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY two with gilt metal mounts. Height of tallest 3 1/4 inches. $200-400
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67 A Paris Porcelain Urn
19TH CENTURY of baluster form with winged female handles, painted on one side with a scene of two men playing checkers while a woman and a child look on, with gilt highlights. Height 13 1/8 inches. $400-600
68 A Sèvres Style Porcelain Mounted Gilt Bronze Eight-Light Chandelier the baluster form standard painted with figural cartouches and issuing S-scroll candle arms. Height 26 3/4 x diameter 26 1/4 inches. $2,000-4,000
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69 A Sèvres Gilt Metal Mounted Porcelain Urn
19TH CENTURY painted with an allegorical scene of a woman and putti, the lid marked France with interlaced Ls centered with an A. Height 29 inches. $1,500-2,500 70
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A Sèvres Gilt Metal Mounted Porcelain Urn
19TH CENTURY of baluster form with Bacchic mask handles and an ivory ground decorated with flowers and gilt highlights, both sides painted with a cartouche, one showing a couple in a landscape, the other a flowering urn in a landscape, the lid marked with interlaced Ls and additional letter marks. Height 12 inches. $600-800 71
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A Sèvres Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Urn
19TH CENTURY of baluster form with an iridescent ground, mounted at the shoulders with musical cherub handles, the body having a central cartouche painted to show two maidens and cherubs, flanked by smaller cartouches with simulated pâte-sur-pâte decoration, the reverse painted to show a landscape, raised on a circular foot. Height 36 inches. Property from the Estate of a Prominent Midwest Collector $8,000-12,000
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19TH/20TH CENTURY in two parts, the upper section having a broken pediment above a relief carved frieze depicting a winged putto mask and swagged drapery over two doors, the lower section with a drawer and two doors, inset with marble plaques and carved with griffins, classical figures and putto masks throughout, raised on flattened spherical feet. Height 90 1/2 x width 43 1/8 x depth 16 1/2 inches. Property from the Toledo Museum of Art, sold for the benefit of the Art Acquisition Fund $2,000-4,000
73 A Silvered-Metal Mounted Cut Glass Table Lamp having an octagonal standard and a stepped square base. Height overall 35 inches. Property from the Oprah Winfrey Collections, Chicago, Illinois $600-800
74 A French Enamel on Copper Plaque depicting ice skaters in a winter landscape, set in a gilt metal frame. Height overall 11 x width 7 inches. $300-500
75 A French Gilt Bronze Frame of rectangular form, set with a portrait miniature of a woman. Height 10 3/4 x width 8 inches. $500-700
76 Four French Gilt Metal Mounted Table Caskets each with a beveled glass top and sides. Height of tallest 3 x width 4 inches. $300-500
77 A Pair of Gilt Metal Five-Light Sconces
20TH CENTURY each with a wall mount issuing an S-scroll bracket suspending a chain to support a five-arm chandelier. Diameter of chandelier 13 inches. $500-700
78 A Continental Gilt Metal Mounted, Parquetry and Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Cave à Liqueur
19TH CENTURY of rectangular form with serpentine front and hinged lid opening to three decanters a tumbler glass and fifteen cordials, raised on bun feet. Height when open 18 1/2 x width 13 1/2 x depth 11 inches. $500-700
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79 A Continental Marquetry Cave à Liqueur
19TH CENTURY of rectangular form with stylized foliate inlays. Height when closed 10 3/8 x width 12 3/4 x depth 9 1/2 inches, $700-900
80 Two Palissy Chargers
LIKELY 19TH/20TH CENTURY each modeled with snakes and lizards, in a Plexiglas case. Diameter of each 9 inches. Property from the Collection of Sharon Goldsher, Chicago, Illinois. $800-1,200 81 Artist Unknown (19th Century) Woman with Children and Dogs oil on canvas signed L. Dupre (lower left) 32 1/2 x 26 inches. $600-800
82* A Pair of Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze and Marble Urns
20TH CENTURY each raised on a stepped plinth base, mounted as lamps with silk shades. Height overall 32 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Vernile Morgan, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 83*
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A Petitpoint Tapestry
19TH CENTURY of oval form, depicting a dog chasing game birds. Height 27 x width 53 inches. Property from the Collection of Mary Jean Jones, Riverside, Illinois $300-500
84 A Tiffany & Co. Retailed Gilt Bronze Mounted Onyx Mantle Clock
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, MOVEMENT BY JAPY FRÈRES having a circular dial with Roman numeral hours, set within an onyx neoclassical structure and having various gilt bronze putto ornaments throughout. Height 14 1/4 x width 10 5/8 x depth 6 inches. $1,000-2,000
