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Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts — Sotheby's

Auction House:Sotheby'sNumber of lots recorded:553
Sale Title:Fine Furniture & Decorative ArtsLots with images:535
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:345
Date:5-Apr-2011
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An Edwardian painted cabinet on stand, of rectangular form with an arrangement of small drawers painted with floral swags centred by a door decorated with a figure, raised on a conforming stand with fluted supports united by cross stretchers 90 cm wide, 42 cm deep, 162 cm high
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An English mahogany What-Not, 19th century, composed of four tiers supported on turned uprights 61 cm wide, 42 cm deep, 117 cm high
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A George III cherrywood occasional table, 64 cm high, 45 cm diameter
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A French cast iron and cut glass Vasiform twelve-light candelabrum, late 18th/ early 19th century, the centre baluster stem encased in glass slips and supporting two scrolling six-sconce iron branches amidst tiers of elongated prism and pear shaped pendant drops 78 cm high
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A Medieval style rectangular bone mirror, 19th century, the carved frame centred by a coat of arms and inscription below 'Scotorum' with a surround of overlapping leaves and applied putti, mask heads, helmets, lions, shields, seahorses and eagles 130 by 77 cm
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A pair of Italian faux marble and lacquered bedside tables, Genoese, 19th century, the oval top inset with blue 'Faux Marble' above a recess over a pair of cupboard doors, turned stiles, spiral twisted legs with acanthus leaf surround above toupie feet, painted with polychrome ribbon-tied floral swags to an off-white field (2) 57 cm wide, 36 cm deep, 87 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, fine Continental furniture and tapestries, 25 May 2001, lot 136
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A French giltwood cushion mirror, the rectangular giltwood frame with a border of egg and dart design with acanthus leaf corners and an inner border of leaf and berries; together with a smaller burr walnut and giltwood shaped mirror (2) 105 by 90 cm; 49 by 41 cm
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A painted and gilded spiral column, Spanish, 18th century, decorated with gilt flowerpods and leaves on a crimson red ground 116 cm high
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A pair of Louis XVI giltwood fauteuils, each with finely carved frame, shaped back with central cartouche, serpentine shaped seat, reeded tapered legs, upholstered in 18th century Aubusson tapestry (2)
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A Northern European oak cabinet, 19th century, the glazed cabinet door above a lower section, with slim drawer and hinged door opening to reveal and arrangement of eight graduated drawers, pierced and carved decorative motifs throughout 101 cm wide, 42 cm deep, 188 cm high
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A French leather three fold screen, late 19th/early 20th century, the three panels in tooled tan leather with gilt fleur-de-lis all-over design within a slim rosette border, and a hand sewn wide double row border of gilt stencilled rosettes 170 cm wide, 185 cm high Overall
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Two Italian 17th century style oak occasional tables, the plank tops above squared legs with cross supports and 'X' shaped cast iron stretchers (2) 71 cm wide, 66 cm deep, 69 cm high
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A panel of Wallpaper by Dufour 'Les Incas', France, circa 1818, hand coloured panel part of a series of wallpapers by Dufour some of which are in the collection of the Victoria Albert Museum 224 cm by 135 cm. Literature French scenic Wallpaper 1795-1865, Musee des arts decortifs Flammarion, page 264, the story details the civilization of the natives with a Jesuit priest overseeing an Indian showing an act of mercy to a European settler whilst in the background an oak tree grows defiantly in the foreign…
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A Northern European pale mahogany commode, 19th century, the break front top with box wood stringing throughout above two drawers with inlaid parquetry using exotic hard wood geometric motifs, supported on four tapered legs 125 cm wide, 64 cm deep, 82 cm high
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A French allegorical tapestry, 17th/early 18th century, woven with a father with his three children and a dog cowering from a helmeted huntress with her horse, holding a shield and spear, within a wooded landscape with castle in the background 266 by 186 cm
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A Brussels Tapestry, 17th/18th century, allegorical scene depicting Dionysus, Semele his mother, and Hermes his guardian, with Zeus looking on 260 by 307 cm. Provenance: Purchased from the David Jones Art gallery, October 1978, Item 51 original catalogue available
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A Flemish tapestry, 17th/early 18th century, woven with a pastoral scene depicting two children in period costumes playing before three relaxed onlookers in front of columns with a wrap of billowing drapery 240 by 280 cm
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A Louis XVI style marble top gilt wood console and pier mirror, 19th century, the rouge marble top above an ornately carved and classically decorated apron with patera on fluted legs, the panelled cushion front mirror surmounted by a scrolling acanthus cresting centred by a putti mask the console 118 cm wide, 40 cm deep, 82 cm high; the mirror 242 cm high, 120 cm wide
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A Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted kingwood bureau Plat, of serpentine rectangular form the tooled red morocco top above a frieze drawer, raised on cabriole legs, the whole applied and decorated with gilt bronze masks, mounts and sabots 156 cm wide, 80 cm deep, 83 cm high
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A French neo-classical polychrome and glazed breakfront bookcase, 18th century, the moulded pediment above two pairs of glazed panel doors enclosing shelves and flanked by ‘Faux marble' pilasters, the lower section with a further two pairs of panel doors each enclosing a shelf, situated on platform base, the body painted in ochre with red and green accents 232 cm wide, 44.
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A French brass wall clock, Moliere, 19th century, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, signed Moliere a Carieres, the metal surround profusely embossed with a young gentleman with horses, a plough, farming implements and wheat sheaves to corners, two weights with large brass pendulum
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A pair of Regency style bronze, wrought iron and marble Torcheres, each with a circular coloured marble bowl raised on a tri-form rams mask mounted stand united by cross stretchers, lion paw feet (2) 48 cm diameter, 95 cm high
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An Italian parquetry top table, 18th century and later, the rectangular parquetry top with inlaid burr wood border above turned spiral twist legs and supports united by arched and spiral twist stretchers, on bun feet 124 cm long, 80 cm deep, 75 cm high
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A set of six Italian cast iron and brass 'X' framed chairs, the cast iron and brass stiles with gadrooned mushroom shaped surmounts, the back rest, arms and seats upholstered in gold embossed velvet with matching cushions, 'X' shaped iron frames, the legs terminating in inverted cup feet (6). Provenance: Sotheby's, Sydney. The Collection of Mrs Elizabeth Dangar, 12 June 2001, lot 9
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A pair of cast iron and brass 'X' framed chairs, Italian, 17th century, each with cast iron and brass stiles with circular domed bell shaped surmounts, the back straps, arms and seats upholstered in burgundy embossed velvet with matching loose cushion, openwork 'X' shaped frame, the legs terminating in ball and claw feet (2). Provenance: Sotheby's, Sydney. The Collection of Mrs Elizabeth Dangar, 12 June 2001, lot 6
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A Louis XVI style kingwood and parquetry side table, 19th century, the shaped oval with inlaid floral panel and parquetry surround with a three-quarter pierced gilt metal gallery over a parquetry frieze with single drawer, resting on carved end supports united by a platform with a similar oval inlaid panel with parquetry surround, on shaped out-turned feet 96 cm wide, 38 cm deep, 81 cm high
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A French parquetry table jardiniere, late 19th century, the rectangular shaped top centred with removable parquetry section fitted over a lead lined rectangular compartment, gilt metal handles and gallery, the apron with similar parquetry panels, raised on cabriole legs with gilt metal mounts 66 cm wide, 39 cm deep, 73 cm high
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A walnut chair, Italian, late 17th century, the carved and pierced back, above seat and pierced foot rail carved initials at the back together with religious cross
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A French provincial painted armoire, 19th century and later, the carved central pediment, above two doors enclosing an arrangement of shelves, on carved scroll feet, painted thoughout with a white lime wash 122 cm wide, 42 cm deep, 245 cm high
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A pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze five light wall brackets, French, late 19th century, the scrolling branches with flower head sconces (2) 48 cm high
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A pair of iron Centaur book ends on marble mounts, circa 1840, each figure standing up right on graduated mottled marble base (2) 37 cm high
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A pair of rococo style gilt bronze candelabrum, 19th century, each with a chamfered square base rising to an ornate acanthus leaf decorated standard emanating four scrolling leaf capped arms, terminating in conforming drip pans and sconces stamped VS (2) 32 cm high
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A terracotta figure group of a Bacchante and satyr by Clodion (1738 - 1814), French, 19th century, the satyr with his arm encircling the waist of the standing naked bacchante signed Clodion to base 45 cm high
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Two polychrome painted wooden figures, late 19th/early 20th century, one depicting a bearded Russian orthodox priest with vestments on platform base and the other a burgher wearing a hat, cloak and tunic holding a bible and also on platform base (2) 76 cm high and 71 cm high
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Two miniatures, 19th century; and a silver and hardstone enamel box, comprising a miniature depicting two young ladies in a parkland setting, signed lower left; a miniature depicting a formally attired young woman seated on a terrace with a small bowl of flowers; and a Continental silver and enamel hinged box decorated with figures in a formal landscape with inlaid malachite and blue lapis (3) 13.
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A carved boxwood snuff box, inscribed 'Trafalgar Victory Waterloo, 21st of October 1805, 18th June 1815', depicting a Chelsea pensioner and a Greenwich Pensioner seated and enjoying each others Company, the chair supporting one pensioner bearing the inscription ‘Westwood' 7. 2 cm diameter, the box was possibly the property of either Aaron Westwood listed as 'Armourer's mate' on the Hms Neptune or Andrew Westwood listed as Yeoman of the Sheets pay book on the Hms Bellerophon
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A mahogany and brass telescope, Saunders, Dublin, 18th century, inscribed W. B. Swan Esq. Inspector General of Ireland' 92 cm long William Bellingham Swan was rewarded by the government of the day for his involvement in the capture of Lord Edward Fitzgerald during the Irish rebellion.
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A set of six Regency prints, 19th century, hand coloured depicting cavalry nobleman on horseback, framed in pale sage green faux marble mounts (6) 60 by 50 cm. Provenance: Purchased from the Yately gallery, London
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After Francois Eisen (1695-1778) Cerebrus Chained by Hercules, watercolour 44 by 35 cm Eisen was a well known painter of religious, allegorical and mythological subjects, and his illustrations of the story of Hercules were widely circulated as engravings. This particular compostion was reproduced both in France (in the Abbe Banier's French translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses), (1767-1769) and in England in William Walker's print in the copper-plate magazine or a Monthly treasure, 1774
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A bronze figure group 'Cupid and Psyche', after Clodion, late 19th century, modelled as a seated semi-draped nymph with grapes in her raised hand, holding a putto across her lap, on a naturalistic base, inscribed Clodion . 3 cm high
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A pair of cold painted bronze birds, Austrian, early 20th century, naturalistically modelled and painted as parrots (2), each 7. 5 cm high
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A white marble figure of 'Science and Literature', by Edward Bowring Stephens (1815-1882), English, late 19th century, the classical female figure with a laurel wreath in her hair and clad in softly draped attire holding a book in one hand and a set square in the other, on square platform base, signed and dated 1879, rouge marble squat plinth 141 cm high
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A marble pedestal, the classical circular grey and white veined marble standard with a stepped foot 110 cm high
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A sculpture of a mythical God, modelled as a young man with a lion skin draped over one shoulder and a skin around his waist, his right hand holding a wine cup and his left holding a flute, standing by a tree trunk with a foot on a barrel on square plinth 123 cm high. Provenance: de-accessioned from the Art Gallery of NSW, 1950's. Estate of the late Charles Lloyd Jones
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Kuba rug, Eastern Caucasus, circa 1900, comprising a bold repeating eight-pointed star central motis in mellow beige and gold tones and ivory ground surrounded by a so-called classical 'Kufic' border 260 by 130 cm
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Heriz rug, north West Persia, late 19th century, featuring a central angular medallion to a brick red field within a field of abstracted rosettes, stylised plant forms and geometric designs and a wide main border of Herati design in red, blue and ivory 440 by 338 cm.
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Heriz rug, north West Persia, mid 20th century, a central medallion within a brick red field of stylised palmettes, serrated leaves and angular vines in blue, red, ivory and yellow and surrounded by a main border of Herati design 350 by 243 cm
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A large Bidjar carpet, Western Persia, early 20th century, with all over 'Herati' design of stylised curvilinear palmettes and rosettes predominantly in blue, ivory, red and brown with a wide red ground main border 550 by 388 cm
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A fine early pair of Isfahan Carpets, central Iran, circa 1930, each with an intricate curvilinear design with a central medallion and scrolling tendrils to deep blue ground, the border is and unbroken meander of palmettes and branches to an ivory background (2) 223 by 155 cm, each. Provenance: bearing original labels and believed to have been purchased in Egypt in 1940's and are fine examples of the earliest carpets from the modern era of Isfahan
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Ersari rug, late 19th/early 20th century, of geometric design in brown, terracotta and teal tones 335 by 315 cm
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Teheran rug, Northern Iran, circa 1900, an all-over field design of flower filled urns to a camel ground, surrounded by a main border of birds, animals and flowers to a blue ground 218 by 141 cm. Provenance: Understood to have been purchased in Egypt in the 1940's
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Savonnerie carpet, France, early 20th century, the plain brown ground without borders and decorated with rose bouquet - a typical composition of Savonnerie carpets from late 19th century 404 by 343 cm
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Savonnerie carpet in Louis XV style, bearing initials and Date '66', with a central ogival medallion surrounded by floral arabesques, bouquets and vases to a pink ground, the border of trailing flowering branches with carefully resolved corner motifs 460 by 323 cm
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