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May 2008 Fine Art & Antiques Auction Catalog

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Lots

Antiquities, Artifacts & Persian Pottery
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-45
Fine Paintings
46-70
71-95
96-120
121-145
146-170
171-175
Paintings in Miniature
176-185
186-195
196-200
Works on Paper
201-225
226-250
251-275
276-300
301-317
Sculpture
318-327
328-337
338-347
348-349
Decorative Arts
350-364
365-379
380-394
395-409
410-424
425-428
Silver
429-438
439-448
449-458
459-468
469-478
479-488
489-497
Fine Jewelry
498-522
523-547
548-572
573-597
598-622
623-647
648-672
673-697
698-722
723-747
748-772
773-797
798-822
823-847
848
Porcelain, Pottery and Ceramics
849-868
869-888
889-908
909-928
929-948
949-951
Orientalia
952-976
977-1001
1002-1026
1027-1051
1052-1076
1077-1084
Indian & Asian Sculpture
1085-1094
1095-1103
Glass
1104-1113
1114-1123
1124-1133
1134-1143
1144-1153
1154-1163
1164-1171
Furniture
1172-1181
1182-1191
1192-1201
1202-1206
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
1207-1216
1217-1219
Fine Oriental Carpets
1220-1229
1230-1239
1240-1244


A Carved Walnut Child's Side Chair

1182. A Carved Walnut Child's Side Chair


A charming carved Chippendale style child's side chair, approx. 17-3/4"W x 14-1/2"D x 29"H, with a silk strip fabric covered loose slip seat, stretchers in the base, tapering straight legs and a lovely carved and pierced back splat and crestrail.

200/400 Sold: $517.50

A Chinese Court Chair

1183. A Chinese Court Chair


A delicately proportioned Chinese court chair with a yellow silk seat cushion. Overall the chair measures 21" x 16" x 36"H and has beautifully rounded tapering elements and a carved circular decorative motif in the center of the back splat.

300/500 Sold: $471.50

An Antique Painted Windsor Chair

1184. An Antique Painted Windsor Chair


A delicate Windsor chair, painted black, approx. 20-1/4"W x 15"D x 35-1/2"H, with all the character that age and use provides. Probably early 20th century American.

200/300 Sold: $241.50

A Highly Carved Italian Rococo Style Lady's Writing Desk

1185. A Highly Carved Italian Rococo Style Lady's Writing Desk


Slant, drop front lady's writing desk, probably made in the late 19th or early 20th century, with a dark warm patina. All of the exterior surfaces are deeply hand carved with foliate and figurative motifs, and with the interior drawers also deepy carved and with heads of putti as drawer pulls. There is also a center drawer in front and two false drawers each with an animal face as a pulls. The two side pulls extend to support the drop front writing surface. Overall the desk measures approx. 34-3/4" x 21" x 35-3/4"H.

1,000/1,500 Sold: $690.00

An Inlaid Wood Side Chair

1186. An Inlaid Wood Side Chair


A graceful inlaid wood side chair in the Regency style, approx. 34-3/4"H x 17-3/4"W x 16"D, with a soft yellow damask covered slip seat.

150/250 Sold: $207.00

An Inlaid Wood Tea Table

1187. An Inlaid Wood Tea Table


A pretty inlaid wood tea table, approx. 22-1/4" x 25"H x 9"D closed and 26-1/2"W open, with two tiers of drop-leaf and with brass handles on either end. The top and side surfaces are entirely embellished with inlaid foliate designs and the edges have inlaid banding. There is a turned stretcher below.

150/250 Sold: $523.25

A Pretty Drop Leaf Occasional Table

1188. A Pretty Drop Leaf Occasional Table


A pretty drop leaf occasional table in a shape similar to the more formal Pembroke style, in a rich honey color wood stain with a glossy finish, measuring approx. 34-3/4" x 35-3/4" open, and closed 14-3/4"W x 28-3/4"H. The corners of the leaves are rounded for a graceful effect.

400/600 Sold: $644.00

An Aldo Tura Serving Cart

1189. An Aldo Tura Serving Cart


An Aldo Tura serving cart, with the upper surface with two drop-leaves and the lower surface with three circular bottle holders, approx. 29-1/2" x 32-3/4" open x 25-1/2"H. The top has metal handles at either end and metal galleries on the curved ends of the leaves. It stands on four metal legs, and has a rectangular lower shelf with galleries at either side. Below are four castors for mobility. The surfaces of the top and of the shelf are both clad in a beige goat skin with a very heavy shiny lacquered finish.

400/800 Sold: $402.50

Another Aldo Tura Serving Cart

1190. Another Aldo Tura Serving Cart


An Aldo Tura serving cart, with one rounded end at the front, a large metal handle at the opposite end, and a similarly shaped shelf below. Both surfaces have metal galleries and there are circular bottle holders below. It stands on four metal legs and has large metal decorative wheels at the back and small ones at the front. Overall it measures 33" x 16" x 28-3/4"H. The surfaces are clad in goat skin that has been tinted a dark brown color to enhance the mottling and coated with a thick shiny layer of lacquer.

500/900 Sold: $1,408.75

A Wakefield Rattan Rocking Chair

1191. A Wakefield Rattan Rocking Chair


A pretty rattan rocking chair made by Wakefield Rattan Company, measuring approx. 37-1/2"H x 18"W x 16-1/2" seat depth. With the exception of the maple rockers and seat frame, the chair is entirely of rattan and caning, providing a lacy effect.

150/250 Sold: $80.50

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