24 juin 2012
A north Italian giltwood side table Genoa, circa 1730
A north Italian giltwood side table Genoa, circa 1730. With verde antico marble top above a pierced frieze with grotesque masks and a central female mask on female caryatid supports, joined by an elaborate stretcher with central Bacchic putto, replacements to carving of frieze, 37.1/2 in. (95 cm.) high, 72 in. (183 cm.) wide, 35.3/4 in. (91 cm.) deep. Estimate: $70,000 – 100,000. Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK.- Christie’s sale of A Taste For Luxury: Two Great Houses From America’s Gilded Age achieved $3,748,713/£2,399,176/€2,961,483 and was 77% sold by lot and 87% by value. The top lot of the sale was pair of Louis XVI Ormolu, patinated bronze and bleu turquin marble three-branch candelabra, circa 1785, realizing $206,500/£132,160/€163,135.
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