True Connoisseurship: The Collection of Ezra & Cecile Zilkha
True Connoisseurship: The Collection of Ezra & Cecile Zilkha
A PAIR OF EMPIRE STYLE GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DESK CHAIRS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
November 20, 10:09 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF EMPIRE STYLE GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DESK CHAIRS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
height 31 in.; width 23 in.; depth 22 in.
78.7 cm; 58.4 cm; 55.8 cm
J. Stewart Barney (1868-1925), New York, acquired in Paris in the late 1880s or 1890s; thence by descent
Christie’s New York, 23 May 1995, lot 148
Christie’s New York, 23 May 1995, lot 148
A fauteuil de bureau of the same model was in the collection of René Fribourg, sold Sotheby's London, 17-18 October 1963, lot 691, and another example was in the collections of the Baron de Redé and Baron Guy de Rothschild, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 25-26 May 1975, lot 260.