each tall and finely crafted fluted bronze hall tree adorned with finely detailed gilt-bronze neoclassical decoration with berry finials, bows, ribbons, and tassels centering a trophy with lyre; the dramatic medusa mask emanating writhing snakes (for coats) with coiled snakes further down the shaft (for umbrellas); all over a square openwork base; purchased in 1994 from Leah's Antique Gallery, New York City (receipt attached); in good antique condition with minor wear to gilding and bronze; some oxidation to bases
A large-scaled and elegantly designed French 1940s Klismos chair with deep incurved back with scrolled terminals; above a leather seat of criss-crossing straps all raised on dramatic splayed supports; purchased in Paris in 1993 (receipt attached); good vintage condition with sturdy frame and seat; some wear to painted surface; later leather strapwork
A fine example of a period French Provincial armoire with molded cornice above a body fitted with two doors adorned with asymmetrical burl wood reserves; the body decorated with marquetry and geometric inlay; the side panels with burl wood reserves; all above a scalloped apron raised on short splayed feet; good antique condition; professionally restored; some shinkage to joints; good solid condition
each with arbalète-form crest above an incurved upholstered back over a loose cushion seat; flanked by upholstered arms all raised on gadrooned uprights and legs; professionally reupholstered and refinished; good overall condition
a good French Rococo Style Fall Front Desk having a rectangular top with an undulating herring bone-veneered slant front, opening to reveal a hand-tooled leather writing surface below drawers and compartments; resting on a case fitted with 3-short drawers over one long drawer; supported on shapely cabriole legs; professionally restored and refinished with areas of replaced veneer; nice patina to later leather surface
in the neoclassical taste, the rectangular top with turret rear and front corners over a conforming body with 3 paneled long drawers flanked by fluted turrets; all raised on turned tapering supports ending in toupie feet; fitted with neoclassical-inspired brasses; professionally refinished with some replaced and re-glued veneer to top; overall even wear and patina
the arbalète-form top above a conforming body with 3 long drawers fitted with fine bronze pulls and escutcheons; over a shapely scalloped apron all raised on cabriole legs; professionally refinished with over all even wear and patina
the rectangular carved frame in the neoclassical style of overlapping laurel leaves and berries tied with ribbons all highlighted with acanthus leaves at the corners; refreshed paint and gilding; nice overall even wear and patina; age to original antique plate
each with upholstered saddle seat above a plain frieze over a curule-form base adorned with lappet carving on the legs ending in in-scrolled feet all joined a turned stretcher; good antique condition with some old indentations to surface; refinished and reupholstered
The curule form is inspired by furniture from Roman Antiquity relating to the authority of the senior magistrates who were entitled to sit in the sella curulis, an x-form chair that most often could be folded.
the rectangular plate within a reverse-painted mirrored frame decorated with graceful floral and foliate vines on a gold gilt ground.
Verre églomisé is a French term referring to the process of applying both a design and gilding onto the rear face of glass to produce a mirror finish. The name is derived from the 18th-century French decorator and art-dealer Jean-Baptiste Glomy, who was responsible for its revival.
