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Fine and Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

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Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:358
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:358
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:226
Date:1-Dec-2019
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A refined late Art Deco rosewood enfilade by Leleu, circa 1940, factory of Leleu, a shaped top above four cupboards with a large parquetry cartouche surrounded, by delicate boxwood stringing and flora and mother-of-pearl accents, raised, on stylised cabriole legs with gilt metal cast trims, lined to the fitted, interior in sycamore, Paris interior decorators label to central cupboard, height 97 cm, width 231 cm, depth 55 cm
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A Louis XVI style walnut three door bookcase cabinet, circa 1870s, with an extended cornice, original glass to the doors and three internal, shelves, the extended base with three drawers and cupboards with bold fielded, panels, embellished with fluted pillars, rosettes, and raised on bun feet, height 257 cm, width 208 cm, depth 65 cm
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A fine antique Louis XVI style walnut bed, 19th century, with associated rails, an elegant bed featuring an arched headboard with diamond marquetry, a gilt, bronze wreath to the crest and pineapple finials above reeded edges with applied laurel foliage and berries, the end board conforming, height 170 cm, width 167 cm, (bed head)
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A glass topped French walnut coffee table by Marchetti, a square low table with an everted moulded frame and undertier, raised on square section supports to tapering legs, with a Pierre Chiaro finish, height 53 cm, length 92 cm, width 92 cm
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A fine antique Louis XV style walnut display cabinet, circa 1890, the tall glazed cabinet with arched crest and a pierced rocaille crest, flanked by shapely spandrel type wings with two small shelves, with an open, compartment and single drawer above a shaped extended base with four, cupboards, raised on cabriole legs, height 283 cm, width 198 cm, depth 60 cm
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A French Henri II style oak court cabinet, later 19th century, with a pierced and carved crest above a pair of mirror panel glazed, cupboards, flanked by outer cupboards, an open compartment with turned, supports to an extended base with twin drawers and cupboards, elaborately, carved and ornamented in the Renaissance revival manner throughout, total weight 987gr, height 261 cm, width 141 cm, depth 55 cm
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A vintage Italian tole coffee table, circa 1960s, a rectangular glass topped table raised on rose branch supports and low, arching splayed legs, decorated with sprays of white roses and foliage, height 54 cm, length 111 cm, width 51 cm
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A fine pair of antique Italian silver gilt wood torcheres, circa 1800, well carved decorative pedestals with metal candleholders and dishes, lavishly decorated throughout in the formal neoclassical manner with stiff, leaf, acanthus, and pendant husk motifs, and raised on a triform base, typically designed to be placed in a corner with rear section undecorated, height 140 cm
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A rare rosewood, ivory and ebony cabinet on stand, mid 17th century, probably northern Italian, with 19th century stand, with an architectural facade, having eight cedar lined drawers with pen, engraved ivory plaques depicting hunting, fishing, fowling and hawking scenes, centred with a Renaissance style cupboard with drawers, the base inlaid with ivory neoclassical scenes, height 164 cm, width 112 cm, width 48 cm
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A Louis XIV style boulle Mazarin desk, 19th century, of typical Baroque form with a recessed frieze drawer and a kneehole cupboard, flanked by a trio of shaped drawers, curvaceous side supports and eight, conforming legs united by stretcher bases, embellished throughout in brass, and scarlet tortoiseshell with elaborate symmetrical motifs in the Berainesque manner depicting foliage, vases, exotic birds including swans and figural motifs, height 87 cm, width 140 cm, depth 75 cm
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An antique wrought iron console table, 19th century, the bow shaped table of serpentine profile with a scrolling skirt and bifurcated cabriole legs, embellished with gold leaves and having a cream, marble top, height 94 cm, width 117 cm, depth 44 cm
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An alabaster pedestal, in mottled white and grey colours having a square top with canted corners, above a gun barrel column to a stepped base and faceted foot plate, height 112 cm
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A pair of Louis XVI style ormolu sconces, 19th century, beautifully cast as ribboned drops of fabric terminating in tassels and centred a ribboned trio of acanthus arms decorated with laurel foliage and supporting sconces for electric fittings, length 71 cm, width 35 cm
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An antique French walnut extension table in the Louis XV style, 19th century, with a single leaf, the square table with rounded ends having bullnose edging, a shallow skirt, and raised on four double scroll acanthus and shell carved legs terminating, in whorl feet united by an 'X' shaped undertier upon squashed bun feet, height 72 cm, length 173 cm, width 109 cm
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A fine Louis XV style marquetry writing desk, early 20th century, Superbly inlaid to the top with floral arrangements in mixed timbers within, scrolling cartouches and multi-toned veneer panels, a conforming shaped skirt, with an oak lined drawer and raised on cabriole legs with gilt bronze trims, espagnolettes and sabots, height 75 cm, width 117 cm, depth 74 cm
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An Empire style mahogany framed and upholstered bed, 19th century, Queen size, without rails, the sleigh style bed with a straight cresting rail and curved swan neck terminals, upholstered in gold damask with nail trim, the end board conforming, height 91 cm, width 167 cm, (bed head)
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An upholstered and painted wood Louis XV style bed, 19th century, Queen size, with rails, with a rococo style showframe in muted olive and gold colours and upholstered, to the headboard and base with a nail trimmed cream cut pile fabric, height 1210 cm, width 167 cm, (bed head)
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A Victorian mahogany extension dining table and eight chairs, 19th century, with two leaves and winder, six chairs stamped S.Groves, the oval table with bull nose edging, a deep skirt and raised on ball and trumpet shaped legs with cabochons and flutes above toupie feet and brass, casters, with arched back dining chairs with conforming mid rails, sage, coloured upholstered seats (two stuffover, six drop in) and raised on slender, turned baluster legs, height 77 cm, length 166 cm, width 130 cm, extended…
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A wire work outdoor table, 20th century, the circular table with radiating spokes and a wave like skirt, four, curvaceous legs and a conforming undertier, height 73 cm, diameter 73 cm
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A fold over Victorian burr walnut games table, mid 19th century, with a serpentine shaped book end veneer top opening to a finely refurbished, green baize and tooled leather playing surface, a knopped and carved pedestal, splayed cabriole legs with acanthus details and whorl feet terminating in porcelain casters, height 73 cm, length 92 cm, width 87 cm
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A Victorian cedar chiffonier, 19th century, in rich honey tones with a simple plain arching back and long shelf with turned supports, an ogee profile frieze drawer above a pair of cupboards, flanked by turned pillars and raised on squashed bun feet, height 144 cm, width 106 cm, depth 51 cm
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A fine Louis XVI style commode, early 20th century, a white marble top of gently bowed profile above a long slender drawer with key and two long drawers below each with gilt cast bronze ring handles and circular, backplates with matching escutcheons flanked by fluted pilasters with applied, rosettes and raised on slender toupie legs, height 85 cm, width 129 cm, depth 58 cm
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A French transitional style mahogany cabinet on stand, late 19th to early 20th century, a breche D'Alep marble top above two cupboards, a long drawer and an open, compartment above a shaped undertier, raised on slender angled cabriole legs, embellished throughout with quarter veneer panelling, engine turned trims, rosettes, and cast mounts and sabots with acanthus and husk motifs, height 163 cm, width 84 cm, depth 43 cm
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A Victorian cedar chest, 19th century, with a serpentine top and frieze drawer, a central relief carved hat box, flanked by pairs of short drawers, three long drawers of graduated depth, below with turned knob handles, carved corbels and long decorations to the edges, raised on bun feet, height 145 cm, width 118 cm, depth 58 cm
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An Edwardian chair and a small occasional table, circa 1900, a small balloon back type chair with a shaped crest and mid rail, delicately inlaid, and having a stuffover seat and slender turned legs, and a circular hardwood, occasional table with a shaped skirt and curvaceous legs uniting an undertier, with a glass top, height 90 cm, (chair), 72 cm, (table)
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A Victorian mahogany side table, 19th century, with a three quarter gallery above a central shallow drawer flanked by a pair, of deeper drawers, all with turned pull handles and raised on slender turned, and tapering legs terminating in brass caps and casters, height 82 cm, width 122 cm, depth 58 cm
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A Victorian marble topped mahogany wash stand, 19th century, with an undulating arched marble back and a small shelf above a shaped top with a small drawer and raised on turned legs with flutes and ribbed knops to a shaped platform base, professional repair to marble, height 90 cm, width 122 cm, depth 51 cm
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A Queen Anne revival burr walnut fold over games table, late 19th to early 20th century, with a book end veneer serpentine top and channel grooved edging, a swivel, top with compartment, and opening to a green baize interior, raised on plain, cabriole legs with pad feet, height 76 cm, length 93 cm, width 47 cm, extended length 94 cm
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A fine pair of antique walnut Louis XV style bergeres, circa 1880s, the wing back chairs both with channel groove and ornamented show frames, shell, and acanthus flourishes to the crests, shaped seats with generous squabs, above decorated skirts and carved cabriole legs, finely upholstered in 100%, taupe Belgian linen, height 105 cm, width 73 cm, depth 80 cm
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A large Victorian gentleman's chair, 19th century, with a curved showframe, padded back and rollover arms, curvaceous supports, to a serpentine stuffover seat and cabriole legs, upholstered in a neoclassical grey and beige toile on a cream ground, height 102 cm, width 68 cm, depth 80 cm
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A pair of antique walnut Renaissance revival fauteuils, circa 1870s, high backed padded chairs with camel hump crests, shaped seats with squabs, ornately, carved to the arm supports, aprons and cabriole legs and well upholstered in russet and gold striped damask, height 105 cm, width 68 cm, depth 80 cm
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A Premiere Partie boulle ebonised centre table, circa 1850s, the shaped oval table with a serpentine skirt and cabriole legs, finely, inlaid in brass with a charioteer and formal vegetal motifs in the Berainesque manner upon a scarlet tortoiseshell ground, applied cast satyr, masks, espagnolettes to the hips, brass border trims throughout and sabots, height 79 cm, length 142 cm, width 88 cm
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A Louis XIII style walnut and upholstered throne chair, late 19th century, having a rectangular upholstered back, curvaceous grooved and relief carved, arms and supports, a stuffover seat and raised on small scrolling legs united, by an os-de-mouton H-form stretcher, upholstered in a beige and soft pink, velvet damask, height 112 cm, width 66 cm, depth 74 cm
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An antique pine kitchen dresser, 19th century, the rustic dresser of pegged construction with a stepped cornice, two long, shelves against a tongue and groove panelled back, a pair of drawers with twin pull handles, square section legs to an undertier and block feet, height 215 cm, width 158 cm, depth 43 cm
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An antique elm farmhouse table, 19th century, the plank top mitred table of pegged construction in honey tones with a fine, patina, a slide to one short end and a single drawer to the other, and raised, on chamfered tapering octagonal legs, height 75 cm, length 166 cm, width 81 cm
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A provincial style walnut dough bin and stand, 20th century, the tapering hinged bin mounted on a relief carved stand with turned legs and a decorative box stretcher, height 100 cm, length 121 cm, width 50 cm
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A Louis XVI inspired palisander display cabinet, circa 1940s, the strictly plain three door glazed cabinet in well figured palisander, veneer, raised on a base of curved profile with trim above conical legs with neoclassical details, height 160 cm, width 159 cm, depth 40 cm
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A Victorian mahogany Pembroke table, 19th century, the rectangular table with long drop sides raised on hinged wooden lopers, a single drawer to the short end, a faux drawer to the reverse, and raised on slender ring turned legs terminating in petite brass casters, height 71 cm, extended length 98 cm, width 93 cm
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A Victorian marble topped mahogany wash stand, 19th century, with an undulating arched marble back and small shelf above a shaped top with a small drawer, supported on carved cabriole legs to a platform base, height 97 cm, width 122 cm, depth 53 cm
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A Victorian cedar chest of drawers, 19th century, with bullnose edging above two short drawers and two long drawers of graduated, depth, raised on bun feet, height 90 cm, width 96 cm, depth 50 cm
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A pair of Louis XV style walnut bedside tables, early 20th century, the pair with deep ochre marble tops above single drawers and marble lined, pot cupboards, quarter veneer panelling throughout and raised on curvaceous, legs with decorative shell mounts to the hips terminating in whorl feet, height 82 cm, width 42 cm, depth 38 cm
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A Victorian burr walnut foldover games table, mid 19th century, a serpentine shaped table with a ruby baize interior, raised on a well carved, and knopped stem and splayed cabriole legs terminating in porcelain casters, provenance six generations of ownership kindly provided by the vendor, height 74 cm, length 93 cm, width 44 cm
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A pale French oak Moderniste bookcase, circa 1940s, of elegant simple form with three glazed doors with beaded trim and timber, panelled lower sections, rounded edges and raised on a recessed and waisted, plinth base, height 165 cm, width 175 cm, depth 43 cm
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A late Victorian cedar wash stand, late 19th century, central faux drawer with two side drawers and a shaped shelf, raised on turned legs, height 96 cm, width 91 cm, depth 48 cm
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A Regency style mahogany secretaire bookcase, 19th century, with an extended dentil cornice above a pair of arched astragal glazed doors, with internal shelving, the fall front with brass lion's head and ring mounts, revealing a fitted interior with pigeon holes and small drawers and a tooled, leather writing surface, a pair of cupboards and raised on tapering square, section legs with flute details, height 227 cm, width 126 cm, depth 55 cm
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An upholstered easy chair, padded throughout with a rectangular back, rolled arms and deep seat, raised, on turned legs with brass casters, upholstered in a silvery patterned, chenille-type fabric, height 91 cm, width 84 cm, depth 90 cm
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A pair of petite Louis XV style cherry wood bedside tables, circa 1930, slender tables with three quarter galleries above three drawers of gently, bowed profile, shaped aprons and raised on long slender cabriole legs, height 70 cm, width 23 cm, depth 23 cm
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A Louis XV style tulipwood inlaid bedside table, circa 1930, with a three quarter undulating gallery, three floral inlaid drawers to strung book end veneer reserves, raised on cabriole legs united by an undertier, with gilt bronze cast handles and sabots, height 75 cm, width 25 cm, depth 24 cm
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A Victorian burr walnut occasional table, 19th century, the vigorously figured circular table top with quarter veneer panels raised on an elaborately carved and knopped pedestal to a tripod base with relief, carved cabriole legs terminating in whorl feet, height 61 cm, diameter 56 cm
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An Art Deco inlaid palisander occasional table, circa 1920s, in strikingly figured timber, the octagonal top centred with a faceted, medallion of stylised flowers and leaves in mixed timbers, raised on a conical octagonal stem to a conforming platform base, height 73 cm, length 70 cm, width 70 cm
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A Napoleon III walnut bookcase vitrine, circa 1870s, with an arching extended cornice with a carved embellishment and relief, carved trophy decoration, a shaped and bevelled glass door with moulded trim, enclosing four shelves and flanked by long fluted details, a lower drawer of conforming design and raised on small turned feet, height 245 cm, width 105 cm, depth 46 cm
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A pair of Regence style oak bedside tables, circa 1930, both with a shaped top, single drawer and an open compartment, a carved shell, embellishment to the apron and raised on cabriole legs with carved knees and whorl feet, height 70 cm, width 45 cm, depth 33 cm
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A Louis XVI style inlaid tulipwood bedside table, circa 1930s, with a serpentine figured yellow marble top above two drawers with floral, inlay to bookend and strung reserves, hipped edges and raised on cabriole, legs, with gilt bronze cast floral handles and sabots, height 75 cm, width 40 cm, depth 31 cm
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A transitional style inlaid tulipwood bedside table, circa 1930s, with a three quarter gallery, the top with a floral spray to a quarter veneer, and ebony strung panel, three book end veneer drawers with petite knob, handles and raised on slender cabriole legs, height 73 cm, width 39 cm, depth 30 cm
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A curved cherry wood transitional style bedside cabinet, mid 20th century, with a three quarter gallery, concave top with a conforming drawer and open, compartment below, pairs of small drawers, a shaped apron and raised on slender cabriole legs, height 76 cm, width 40 cm, depth 30 cm
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A Victorian mahogany chiffonier, 19th century, with a shaped arching back with an acanthus flourish to the crest and vegetal, terminals, a long shelf with turned supports, the extended base with a pulvinated frieze drawer, two lower cupboards with recessed arched panels, flanked by corbels and raised on a plinth base, height 165 cm, width 112 cm, depth 44 cm
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A William IV walnut stretcher-based library table, 19th century, in pleasing honey tones with a mid-green tooled leather writing surface, two frieze drawers with turned handles, platform trestle ends united by a turned, stretcher and raised on squashed bun feet, height 74 cm, length 112 cm, width 54 cm
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A Victorian walnut veneer centre table, 19th century, a shaped oval top with fine burr veneers above an elaborately carved pedestal, with an umbrella arrangement of acanthus to four splayed cabriole legs with floral carving terminating in whorl feet and brass casters, height 73 cm, length 150 cm, width 136 cm
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