Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Property from the Collection of Susie Hilfiger, Greenwich, Connecticut
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Verre Églomisé Mirrored and Leather Lined Bureau Plat, Probably by Maison Jansen, Circa 1938
Lot Closed
April 4, 03:37 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Verre Églomisé Mirrored and Leather Lined Bureau Plat, Probably by Maison Jansen, Circa 1938
the rectangular top with serpentine sides surrounded by a molded gilt-bronze border marked at the corners with clasps, the frieze with three drawers around a kneehole, raised on cabriole legs; the frieze and legs fitted with foliate engraved and gilt mirrored panels
height 31 in.; width 5 ft. 1 ½ in.; depth 35 in.
78.7 cm.; 156.2 cm.; 88.9 cm
The Duke & Duchess of Windsor, Sotheby's New York, 11 September 1997, lot 100 ($428,000)
This desk formerly stood in the Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s Salon at 24 Boulevard Suchet, Paris, and appears in the Serebriakov painting of the room (lot 610 of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor sale).