Fine Furniture and Decoratives Wednesday October 30, 2019
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 2107 Addax Tower at the City of Lights, Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
“Fine Furniture and Decoratives”
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Lecture: Wednesday October 30, 2019 at 6:30pm
Auction: Wednesday October 30, 2019 at 7:00pm
2107 Addax Tower at the City of Lights, Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. P.O. Box 33323 Tel. +971 2 6264 666 Fax. +971 2 6272 888 Email: [email protected]
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Lot 1 A three-piece set of French gilded tub style salon suite. Each is reupholstered with oral light blue satin fabric in a very ne narrow gilded frame with a ower motif and gold nish. Five pillows included. Circa 1920.
3-Seater: Approx. L 140cm W 90cm H 78cm 1-Seater: Approx. L 80cm W 77cm H 78cm
Est. 5,000 - 10,000 AED 1,359 - 2,717USD Lot 2 An extendable roundtable of high quality with central turned legs made in solid walnut wood. e countertop and the butter y leaf is in veneer panel covered walnut wood. Made in Italy. Circa 1900.
Approx. L 110 - 150cm W 110cm H 77cm
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
Lot 3 An exclusive French mahogany vitrine in Louis XVI style. Decorated with gilt-bronze ornaments, both sides are roundly shaped, a central bombe glass embellished with a nely casted torch. It has two-glass door re ecting the inside mirror. Standing with square tapered legs. Circa 1900.
Approx. L 140cm W 45cm H 190cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
Lot 4 A very ne French Louis XVI style center table featuring an acanthus inlaid marquetry all the way around with cross banded frieze. Raised on round uted legs which are joined by X-stretchers. Made in France. Circa 1900.
Approx. L 137cm W 74cm H 79cm
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD 3 Lot 5 A French Louis-Philippe style wing sofa set standing on curved backrest and moulded feet. Each is decorated with hand hammered brass studs and upholstered in a cream beige fabric. e twin armchairs are attached with head pillows. Made in France. Circa 1860. Sofa: Approx. L 100cm W 87cm H 93cm Chair: Approx. L 66cm W 87cm H 112cm each
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
Lot 6 An early 20th century pair of side tables with base designed as harps.
Approx. L 60cm W 45cm H 70cm each
Est. 1,500 - 3,000 AED 408 - 815 USD
Lot 7 A British Victorian co ee table made of arrow wood. Plain and smooth solid wood top. Supported by four carved cabriole legs.
Approx. L 100cm W 48cm H 45cm
Est. 1,000 - 2,000 AED 272 - 543 USD
Lot 8 A French Louis XVI style inlaid oral marquetry Pembroke bureau plat desk. It has a center drawer raised on turned uted legs joined with X stretcher. Circa 1900.
Approx. L 116cm W 51cm H 77cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
4 Lot 9 A French 19th century Louis XVI Neo Classical salon suite reupholstered in oral blue silk. Carved and embellished with medallions. Sofa: Approx. L 123cm W 55cm H 98cm Armchair: Approx. L 54cm W 60cm H 94cm each Chair: Approx. L 44cm W 48cm H 91cm each
Est. 6,000 - 12,000 AED 1,630 - 3,261 USD
Lot 10 A 19th century French Louis XVI style co ee table featuring a painted and gilded solid beechwood frame decorated with scrolled acanthus foliate and marble top. Standing on gilded round uted legs.
Approx. L 120cm W 46cm H 30cm
Est. 1,000 - 2,000 AED 272 - 543 USD
Lot 11 A French two-tier jardinière table in the style of Louis XIV. Features a wood colored parquetry, a top pierced ormolu gallery with center gurative bronze ornaments, mounted with head of fauns chiseled on curved legs. Made in France. Circa 1900.
Approx. L 61cm W 41cm H 82cm
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
5 Lot 12 A 19th century French salon set depicting a whole story. Each is upholstered with original Aubusson tapestry. e frames are decorated with foliate, banded oval back surmounted by oral garland over leaf tip and scrolling acanthus, padded arms above a guilloche banded seat rail, raised on palmette tapering legs.
Sofa: Approx. L 136cm W 70cm H 103cm Est. 8,000 - 16,000 AED Chair: Approx. 2,174 - 4,348 USD L 61cm W 60cm H 96cm each
Lot 13 A pair of 20th century giltwood tables with green marble tops.
Approx. L 39cm W 39cm H 72cm each
Est. 1,500 - 3,000 AED 408 - 815 USD
Lot 14 A 19th century French Empire style era gesso gilded hall mirror. It has three panel beveled mirrors, nely chased with face gure of male and female, engraved paw feet at the bottom and nished with tie bow ribbon style details on top.
Approx. L 143cm H 240cm
Est. 6,000 - 12,000 AED 1,630 - 3,261 USD
Lot 15 A French Regence style center table. Features a high quality carving foliate, S and C scrolls motif, rising on four carved feet with centralized stretchers and a marble top. Circa 1900.
Approx. L 136cm W 85cm H 84cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD 6 Lot 16 A French Boulle ebonized center or writing desk in the period of Restoration Napoleon III. e hinged rounded rectangular top has inlaid Boulle orid marquetry, on four uted tapering legs joined by an 'H'-shaped stretcher centered with an urn nial. Circa 1870.
Approx. L 130cm W 77cm H 76cm
Est. 3,000 - 6,000 AED 815 - 1,630 USD
Lot 17 A French wall mirror inspired by Louis XV style, with acanthus leaf around an oval border with a gold gilt nish. Circa 1900. Mirror: Approx. L 89cm H 132cm Credenza: Approx. L 125cm W 41cm H 110cm
Est. 8,000 - 16,000 AED 2,174 - 4,348 USD
Lot 18 A mid 20th century pair of French Louis XVI style ebonized column pedestals embellished with gilt-bronze ornaments and classical motifs centered with molded human face. Made in France. Circa 1960.
Approx. H 106cm each
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
Lot 19 A 19th century French cabinet with marble top in ebonized wood with very ne inlays of gilded bronzes, multiple molds, mask, espagnolettes, falls, spots, and pediments. With a large marquetry on the door in a pointed frame, with motifs of foliage, interlacing, and volutes.
Approx. L 80cm W 42cm H 108cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
7 Lot 20 A 19th century mahogany sofa inspired by the Victorian Rococo Revival style. Features a tufted backrest, red velvet upholstery and padded armrests. Frame is ornately decorated with ower and leaf foliates supported by Chippendale caster legs.
Approx. L 210cm W 83cm H 105cm
Est. 3,000 - 6,000 AED 815 - 1,630 USD
Lot 21 An early 20th century pair of side tables with base designed as swan necks.
Approx. Dia. 56cm H 69cm each
Est. 1,500 - 3,000 AED 408 - 815 USD
Lot 22 A 19th century French sideboard cabinet in a solid mahogany wood, in the style of Neoclassical Louis XVI. Elaborate with marble top, center drawer, and huge compartment embellished with classic ornaments such as leaf foliage and garland of owers with musical instruments.
Approx. L 90cm W 46cm H 108cm
Est. 5,000 - 10,000 AED 1,359 - 2,717 USD
Lot 23 A pair of French Louis XV style fauteuils in a solid beech wood frames. Features a red oral silk upholstery, padded arms, backrest, gilded with scrolls motif and gold nish. Raised on cabriole legs.
Approx. L 62cm W 54cm H 90cm
Est. 1,000 - 2,000 AED 272 - 543 USD 8 Lot 24 A Louis XV style writing desk, with marquetry inlay of oral motifs on shaped top, embellished with arabesques and molded ormolu. Raised on cabriole legs with cast sabots. It has maker's mark underneath: "Mon. ROLL, G. MALIN, MILLAN & CIE SUCCESSEURS 42 Fg St. Antoine, PARIS". Circa 1900.
Approx. L 99cm W 64cm H 76cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
Lot 25 A pair of vintage bergères in solid painted beechwood and reupholstered in high-quality Italian fabric. Frames are ornately hand-carved with ower detail, nished in gold. Inspired by Louis XV style.
Approx. L 65cm W 71cm H 79cm each
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD Lot 26 A French Louis XIV style secretaire Bonheur du Jour in mahogany. Decorated with ornate bronze and porcelain plaques, standing on uted and tapered legs joined by a molded cross stretcher centered with an urn.
Approx. L 75cm W 56cm H 165cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
Lot 27 A French wall mirror inspired by Louis XV style, with acanthus leaf around an oval border and a gold gilt nish, in late Baroque style. Circa 1900.
Approx. L 105cm H 102cm
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
Lot 28 A very ne 19th century Chinese in uenced English regency walnut table with a serpentine top and circular column base embellished with dragons ending in "S" scroll feet. Carved column and base with scallops, acanthus leaves, and palmettes.
Approx. L 161cm W 97cm H 73cm
Est. 3,000 - 6,000 AED 815 - 1,630 USD 9 Lot 29 An extremely rare pair of 19th century Victorian style solid walnut hall chairs. Backrests and seats are heavily hand carved with gilded leaf motif, comprising cushion shape moldings with a central oval plaque. Standing on reeded faceted legs.
Approx. L 46cm W 43cm H 114cm each
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
Lot 30 A late 19th century center table featuring a marquetry with tortoise shell, cut brass, and ormolu mounts, with capacious drawer. Inspired by André-Charles Boulle, a French cabinet artist in marquetry.
Approx. L 131cm W 78cm H 79cm
Est. 5,000 - 10,000 AED 1,359 - 2,717 USD
Lot 31 A 19th century bookcase featuring a butler’s secretary drawer, glazed doors and two Boulle paneled doors. It is painted and embellished with gilt-bronze ornaments. e style comes after André Charles Boulle (1642–1732), French cabinet-maker.
Approx. L 106cm W 48cm H 213cm
Est. 7,000 - 14,000 AED 1,902 - 3,804 USD
Lot 32 A Louis XIV style ebonized Boulle marquetry inlaid longcase clock inspired by Andre Charles Boulle. e bombe shaped case is inlaid with cut brass arabesque and with chiseled gilt-bronze mounts. Clock dial is inset with porcelain numerals. Made in France. Circa 1900.
Approx. H 214cm
Est. 5,000 - 10,000 AED 1,359 - 2,717 USD
10 Lot 33 A 19th century French Louis XVI style wingback sofa-canape. Skillfully hand-carved then given a gilded nish, it is upholstered in red viscose and velvet fabric with printed oral design. ree cushion pillows included.
Approx. L 150cm W 72cm H 111cm
Est. 3,000 - 6,000 AED 815 - 1,630 USD
Lot 34 A very ne French Louis XVI style composition marginal wall mirror. Decorated with ower and leaves foliage depicting cupids playing in a rectangular frame of scroll-work and lovebirds. Made in France. Circa 1900.
Approx. L 122cm H 203cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
Lot 35 A 19th century pair of Louis XV style gilt and marble-top gueridon or side tables with bronze accents, one drawer, and stretcher shelf.
Approx. L 41cm W 41cm H 75cm each Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
Lot 36 A round centre or occasional table. e top is veneered with broad marquetry banding of mother of pearl, owers and foliage, and nished with bronze ttings. Supported by a column conjoined on a circular platform with four carved cabriole leafy legs in the style of Louis XV. Made in Italy.
Approx. Dia. 150cm H 90cm
Est. 8,000 - 16,000 AED 2,174 - 4,348 USD 11 Lot 37 A 19th century French Louis XVI style demilune bahut sideboard in walnut. Featuring wood veneers and ornate brass accent. It is furnished with nely cast gilt-bronze mounts and marble top. Standing on uted toupie legs.
Approx. L 111cm W 46cm H 105cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
Lot 38 A French Art Nouveau style carved gilt-wood mirror with console. e mirror features sinuous frame embellished with oral corners. e table has outline top decorated with leaf foliage on round uted legs conjoined with center urn stretcher. Both painted with green and gold. Circa 1930.
Mirror: Approx. W 96cm H 110cm
Table: Approx. L 131cm W 36cm H 72cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
Lot 39 A wrought iron armchair featuring a curved iron frame ending in decorative scrolls. Curved backrest with a gure of a male wearing a lion's headdress and a lady bust medallion on both sides. Embellished with ormolu ower ornaments supported by reversed scroll legs. Upholstered with original cushion seat and padded arms. Circa 1920.
Approx. L 60cm W 62cm H 108cm
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
12 Lot 40 A high-class Art Nouveau dining suite made of solid Turkish walnut and marble. e wood is nely sculptured with grape decoration. Features an extendable dining table, six dining chairs with cane backs, upholstered with two sideboards.
Small Bu et: Approx. L 135cm W 54cm H 144cm Chair: Approx. L 47cm W 96cm H 96cm Big Bu et: Approx. L 162cm W 52cm H 230cm Table: Approx. L 228cm W 130cm H 75cm
Est. 11,000 - 16,000 AED 2,989 - 4,348 USD
Lot 41 A three-piece French Louis XVI Empire style salon suite. Features handmade petit point upholstery with carvings of a winged lady on a lion's body and rosettes motif raised on round uted legs. Circa 1920. With a matching 19th century French Empire style gilded guéridon co ee table. Features a round top embellished with engraved owers and three gural winged women on a lion's body. Sofa: Approx. L 138cm W 58cm H 102cm Chair: Approx. L 67cm W 58cm H 102cm Table: Approx. Dia. 62cm H 65cm
Est. 6,000 - 12,000 AED 1,630 - 3,261 USD 13 Lot 42 A 19th century French Regence Secretaire À Abattant in Transitional period. It features a marble top, inlaid honeycomb parquetry, open drop desk with leather writing surface, multiple drawers, cabinet below, a moulded gural bronze and foliate, and a smiling head of a woman at the center. Supported on brass ferrule legs.
Approx. L 74cm W 38cm H 141cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
Lot 43 A Napoleon III Second Empire sideboard cabinet with mirror in the style of Louis XVI. Features a wide mirror top with cupid nial, parquetry inlays on two door compartment above a drawer embellished with torch, and arrows surrounded with garlands of owers and foliage. Standing on round uted legs. Circa 1870.
Approx. L 100cm W 44cm H 183cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
Lot 44 A 19th century William & Mary style tall caned back chairs with cushioned seats, standing in a form of H-stretcher columnar legs connected on hoof feet. Inspired by American variation of the Baroque style popular in Europe. It is named for the king and queen, originally from Holland, who reigned together over England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Approx. L 60cm W 51cm H 139cm each
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
Lot 45 An English center table with marquetry inlays in a solid wood mahogany, raised on ball turned legs joined by inlaid X-stretchers. Circa 1830.
Approx. L 118cm W 65cm H 80cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
14 Lot 46 A side table or stand inspired by Louis XVI style, that features a pierced gallery surround, a small drawer with gilt-bronze scrolling foliate mounts, raised on typical slender legs and shaped stretcher embellished with pomegranate nial which is illustrated by Christopher Payne in François Linke (1855-1946). is is a very early Linke model and as such does not have the familiar Linke 'FL' stamp on the reverse of the bronze mounts.
Approx. L 35cm W 33cm H 80cm
Est. 1,000 - 2,000 AED 272 - 543 USD
Lot 47 A 19th century French Louis XVI style Secretaire à Abattant. Decorated with ower bouquet-inlaid marquetry and marble top. Consists of ve drawers and a ap writing desk with multiple shelves inside. Made in France.
Approx. L 71cm W 40cm H 136cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
Lot 48 A French Art Deco style sideboard with a mirror. Features a marble top, drawer, and glass door compartment embellished with mother of pearl marquetry. It has a huge mirror with a brass ower crown on top and marble on both sides surmounted with oral bouquet nial. Circa 1920.
Approx. L 135cm W 49cm H 176cm
Est. 3,000 - 6,000 AED 815 - 1,630 USD
Lot 49 A very high quality late 19th century French ormolu-mounted vitrine in the style of Louis XV-XVI period. It has marble top and gilt-bronze mounts made by Francois Linke.
Approx. L 71cm W 44cm H 163cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD 15 Lot 50 An English Jacobean dining set in Mahogany consisting of a trestle extendable dining table, ten square studded back chairs, and two bu ets with heavily hand-carved panels. Circa 1920. Bu et: Approx. L 113cm W 50cm H 165cm Chair: Approx. L 48cm W 50cm H 96cm each Table: Approx. L 150 - 273cm W 96cm H 82cm
Est. 5,000 - 10,000 AED 1,359 - 2,717 USD
Lot 51 A 19th century French Louis XV style vitrine cabinet with foliate scroll archtop. Featuring hand carved lovebirds and owers with color and patination to the quality and re ecting the character of the period.
Approx. L 155cm W 68cm H 245cm
Est. 3,000 - 6,000 AED 815 - 1,630 USD
16 Lot 52 A very rare English style Victorian parquetry inlaid pedestal side table. Circa 1900. Approx. Dia. 54cm H 74cm
Est. 500 - 1,000 AED 136 - 272 USD
Lot 53 A late 19th century mahogany three-shelf bookcase.
Approx. L 106cm W 31.5cm H 102cm
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
Lot 54 An early 20th century carved Corinthian design wooden pedestal. Approx. H 122cm
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
Lot 55 A 19th century French gilt-wood bench / banquette in the style of Louis XVI with caned, oval shaped arms and a detachable embroidered silk seat with a oral design in the Aubusson style, raised on four uted and tapered legs.
Approx. L 60cm W 35cm H 73cm
Est. 1,000 - 2,000 AED 272 - 543 USD
17 Lot 56 A vintage French painted and gilded co ee table with beveled glass top, inlaid hand-carved oral design with a gold gilt nish. Standing on four cabriole legs. Circa 1960. Approx. L 107cm W 56cm H 47cm
Est. 1,000 - 2,000 AED 272 - 543 USD
Lot 57 A pair of armchairs in the Louis XIII style. Made of beech wood with curved arm rests and turned legs connected on an H-shaped stretcher. e seats and arched top backs are newly reupholstered. Circa 1880. France.
Approx. L 59cm W 53cm H 116cm each
Est. 3,000 - 6,000 AED 815 - 1,630 USD
Lot 58 A ne English Edwardian style inlaid marquetry side table in mahogany with sea shell motif. Raised on slender tapered legs. Circa 1910. England.
Approx. L 75cm W 47cm H 74cm
Est. 1,000 - 2,000 AED 272 - 543 USD
Lot 59 A French marble top painted commode, mounted with female bust bronze chiseled on splayed legs with sabots. e decoration is in a Vernis Martin style.
Approx. L 101cm W 47cm H 128cm
Est. 5,000 - 10,000 AED 1,359 - 2,717 USD
18 Lot 60 A French Louis XVI style giltwood wingback sofa suite in solid beechwood, upholstered with oral motifs. e frame is decorated with acanthus leaves, ribbons, rosettes and raised on tapered uted legs. Circa 1940. Sofa: Approx. L 204cm W 72cm H 105cm Chair: Approx. L 78cm W 66cm H 95cm each
Est. 6,000 - 12,000 AED 1,630 - 3,261 USD
Lot 61 A 19th century pair of French Louis XVI style side chairs featuring hand-carved details on the frame with uted and tapered legs. Approx. L 40cm W 46cm H 99cm each
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
Lot 62 A 19th century French Louis XVI style Bonheur du Jour rosewood secretaire. Features a roll top with repoussé bronze plaque and a leather writing surface, inlaid gilt-bronze ornaments, mirrored door revealing interior shelves, rising on tapered legs.
Approx. L 81cm W 52cm H 147cm
Est. 7,000 - 14,000 AED 1,902 - 3,804 USD
Lot 63 A 19th century French Louis XIV style two-tier oval server table with molded cherubs supporting the second top with pierced brass gallery. Features inlaid oral marquetry and gilt-bronze foliage ornaments. Raised on saber legs with bronze caster feet.
Approx. L 77cm W 44cm H 87cm
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
19 Lot 64 A very rare English William & Mary style carved, high back side chairs, upholstered with cushion seats with C-scrolls and S-scrolls backrest motif, raised on a bell trumpet turned legs and hoof feet. Circa 1900.
Approx. L 47cm W 47cm H 125cm each
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
Lot 65 A French salon set inspired by Louis XV style. Decorated with a nely detailed rocaille and owers hand carved on mahogany frames, with padded backs, arms, and seats reupholstered in ivory oral fabric. Raised on cabriole legs.
Sofa: Approx. L 121cm W 62cm H 84cm
Chair: Approx. L 76cm W 62cm H 78cm each
Est. 6,000 - 12,000 AED 1,630 - 3,261 USD
Lot 66 A co ee table with serpentine shaped marble top, decorated with gilded scrolls and foliage, painted in gold nish. Standing in the form of cabriolet inspired by Louis XV style. Circa 1900.
Approx. L 61cm W 46cm H 51cm
Est. 600 - 1,200 AED 163 - 326 USD
Lot 67 A 19th century French gilt wood circular side table in Louis XVI manner. Features a oral garland motif with gold leaf nish and a marble top. Supported on round uted legs joined by stretcher centered with urn.
Approx. Dia. 43cm H 69cm
Est. 700 - 1,400 AED 190 - 380 USD
20 Lot 68 An early 20th century two-tier mahogany table of octagonal shape.
Approx. L 55cm W 55cm H 84cm
Est. 1,500 - 3,000 AED 408 - 815 USD
Lot 69 A pair of late 19th century English style armchairs. Each features a tall serpentine shaped backrest, open padded arms, soft velvet upholstery. e oral carvings are inspired by Victorian in Rococo revival. Standing on cabriole front and out swept back legs.
Approx. L 65cm W 53cm H 119cm each
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
Lot 70 A Victorian amboyna, ebonized, and ormolu-mounted ladies writing desk. Circa 1860. It was introduced in Paris by one of the interior decorators and purveyors of fashionable novelties called Marchands-merciers about 1760, and speedily became intensely fashionable.
Approx. L 138cm W 58cm H 152cm
Est. 9,000 - 18,000 AED 2,446 - 4,891 USD
Lot 71 A stunning Lombardy Bureau or desk in Louis XIV style, Italy. Featuring an inlaid walnut carving design and marquetry. It consists of six small internal drawers and three large external drawers of good capacity and service, embellished with gilt brass handles and complete with a working key. Circa 1820.
Approx. L 109cm W 49cm H 109cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD 21 Lot 72 A 19th century Neoclassical Louis XVI style commode with repoussé bronze, marble top with a drawer showing a bas-relief plaque cast with playing putti. e sides have scrolling ribbon-tied foliage raised on spade tapered legs.
Approx. L 99cm W 59cm H 77cm
Est. 5,000 - 10,000 AED 1,359 - 2,717 USD
Lot 73 An exquisite French Louis XVI style headboard bed frame in the 1850s. Inlaid with orid marquetry and heavily carved with foliage. Supported by round uted legs.
Approx. L 220cm W 182cm H 146cm
Est. 3,000 - 6,000 AED 815 - 1,630 USD
Lot 74 A 19th century French Louis XVI style bu et cabinet with mirror. It has a hand painted court scene on the cabinet door and two-tier shelves on the opposite side. Consisting of six small drawers, uted legs, and has curved and scrolled acanthus leaf motifs. Chair: Approx. H 177cm W 75cm
Est. 8,000 - 16,000 AED 2,174 - 4,348 USD
Lot 75 A 19th century antique Italian polychrome mirror with grape leaf and vine hand carved motifs around the mirror. With sculpted birds hanging, above frieze curved trumpet with hunter's hat. Finished with original green and highlighted in gold grapes.
Approx. L 133cm H 190cm
Est. 9,000 - 18,000 AED 2,446 - 4,891 USD
22 Lot 76 A French gilt-wood trumeau mirror in late 19th to early 20th century. Features a hand-painted cherubs scene, abundant carvings of foliage, classical motif. Inspired by Louis XVI style. Approx. L 118cm H 250cm
Est. 13,000 - 18,000 AED 3,533 - 4,891 USD
Lot 77 A bronze sculpture of Rebecca holding amphora on a square marble base. Rebecca at the well is a Biblical story, where the young maiden Rebecca o ered water from her well to the weary servant of Abraham and his camels. Made in Italy.
Approx. H 180cm
Est. 14,000 - 20,000 AED 3,804 - 5,435 USD
Lot 78 A 19th century Victorian center table in the style of Renaissance Revival. It features a marble top, drawer on both sides decorated with acanthus foliage centered with a lion's head. Raised on cabriole legs with double scrolled stretchers.
Approx. L 150cm W 70cm H 80cm
Est. 10,000 - 16,000 AED 2,717 - 4,348 USD 23 Lot 79 A French console featuring a marble top, constructed in carved gilt-wood, with scrolled toes, hipped cabriole legs joined with “X” form stretcher, and a central shell with Rococo ‘C’ scroll details. Circa 1860.
Approx. L 163cm W 52cm H 130cm
Est. 7,000 - 14,000 AED 1,902 - 3,804 USD
Lot 80 An Edwardian period walnut wood, Sheraton revival occasional side table with inlaid marquetry and decoration of the surface. Crossbanded and serpentine in shape. Joined by an X-stretcher. Made in England, circa 1890.
Approx. L 50cm W 41cm H 71cm
Est. 2,000 - 4,000 AED 543 - 1,087 USD
Lot 81 A late 19th century Louis XVI style writing table constructed of solid walnut, and made in France. Contains oral marquetry inlays and gilt-bronze ower bouquet ornaments. A central drawer is nished with a bronze pull. Erected on a crossbar stretcher creating stability for the uted ferrule legs.
Approx. L 111cm W 70cm H 76cm
Est. 4,000 - 8,000 AED 1,087 - 2,174 USD
24 Lot 82 An antique extending dining table in Louis XVI style with a matching set of six caned back dining chairs and two bu et ormolu mounted mirrored marble tops. Circa 1900.
Table: Approx. L 189cm W 110cm H 73cm Chairs: Approx. L 48cm W 45cm H 97cm Credenza with display cabinet: Approx. L 164cm W 61cm H 225cm Credenza with mirror: Approx. L 136cm W 52cm H 182cm
Est. 24,000 - 30,000 AED 6,522 - 8,152 USD
Lot 83 An exclusive French Louis XVI style marble top vitrine in solid walnut wood. Contains three glass shelves with a tufted red velvet back. Decorated with ribbons, owers and ormolu mounts and raised on four uted legs with ormolu rings and sabots. Made in France. Circa 1900.
Approx. L 69cm W 42cm H 139cm
Est. 5,000 - 10,000 AED 1,359 - 2,717 USD 25 Lot 84 A 19th century, Victorian queen size bed frame in Rococo Revival style. Features a caned headboard with center powder medallion of Zephyrus and Flora, signed "E.W. Wyon, Dest & Sculpt 1st Jan '1848'" on solid carved wooden frame, embellished with oral swag and heavily carved foliage, standing on cabriole legs. Approx. L 215cm W 173cm H 165cm Est. 6,000 - 12,000 AED 1,630 - 3,261 USD
Lot 85 A secretary bookcase featuring a carved open fretwork swan-neck pediment, interior shelves, drop front leather writing surface w/ multiple drawers. is style dominated American furniture until 1770, from the name omas Chippendale, a cabinetmaker, whose furnishings re ected popular English tastes of the period incorporating Gothic and Chinese motifs.
Approx. L 111cm W 53cm H 246cm
Est. 12,000 - 16,000 AED 3,261 - 4,348 USD
Lot 86 A 19th century Middle Eastern style inlaid parquetry secretary table, features a two-door curved mirrors with internal shelves, a green leather on writing surface and another one hidden underneath with a small drawer below. Original key included.
Approx. L 76cm W 49cm H 163cm
Est. 10,000 - 18,000 AED 2,717 - 4,891 USD
26 Lot 87 A pair of 19th century Venetian torchieres, depicting male and female blackamoor gures holding a torch with a six-light candelabra, standing on a rocky outcrop.
Approx. H 180cm each
Est. 8,000 - 12,000 AED 2,174 - 3,261 USD
Lot 88 A large 19th century French mirror with jardiniere in the style of Napoleonic Second Empire. is painted huge mirror is elaborate in heavily hand carved foliate consisting of leaves and fruit details. It has eur-de-lis crown on top. Standing with a huge jardiniere embellished with arabesques ornament, centered with oriental gure of a dragon.
Approx. L 122cm W 55cm H 248cm
Est. 8,000 - 16,000 AED 2,174 - 4,348 USD
Lot 89 An ebonized serpentine shape writing table or desk inspired by Louis XV style in 19th century. Elaborate with hand carved oral and foliage design motif, with center drawer, standing on cabriole legs.
Approx. L 140cm W 82cm H 76cm
Est. 3,000 - 6,000 AED 815 - 1,630 USD
27 Lot 90 A French Louis XVI style demilune bahut vitrine, featuring an inlaid colored wood parquetry in a darker cast, elaborate with painted Sevrés plaques and bronze ttings. Ornaments are molded like egg-and-dart, with foliate and garland of owers motif. Supported by early bracket foot. Circa 1900.
Approx. L 140cm W 40cm H 110cm
Est. 14,000 - 18,000 AED 3,804 - 4,891 USD
Lot 91 A large Victorian Pier mirror in the style of Renaissance Revival. It has a marble top and heavily hand carved design embellished with female and male gures on both sides. Circa 1870.
Approx. L 132cm W 60cm H 273cm
Est. 10,000 - 18,000 AED 2,717 - 4,891 USD
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