Lot 929
  • 929

A HUANGHUALI CARVED THREE-SIDED SETTEE 20TH CENTURY

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Wood
the side and back railings carved with a right-angle style of latticework, the three-panel hardwood seat enclosed within a mitred frame, above a recessed waist and outward curving apron continuing to four square section C-form legs terminating in incurved hoof feet, the underside with two traverse stretchers

Provenance

Collection of Barbara Hutton (1912 - 1979).
Robert Crowder (1911-2010) Los Angeles, California.
Thomas P. Grayson, Beverly Hills, California, 1990s. 

Condition

The latticework along the three rails has been consolidated and there are some filled repairs. The joints have been consolidated and there are scattered filled repairs. The feet with expected wear and some chips.
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