European Furniture & Decorative Arts - Skinner

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Two Dutch Delft Polychrome Decorated Chargers, Holland, late 18th
century, each similarly decorated with landscape centers, one bordered
with berries and foliage, dia. 13 7/8; one with berries and scrollwork,
dia. 13 3/4 in.
$500-700
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Dutch Delft Polychrome Decorated Charger, Holland, 19th century,
floral bouquet centering wave and foliate border design, dia. 14 1/4 in.
$400-600
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Pair of Dutch Delft Polychrome Decorated Chargers, Holland, 18th
century, puce designs with yellow and orange tulip borders, each with
Biblical scene, the center with depictions of two spies from the Eschol
valley carrying an oversized bunch of grapes, Numbers 13:23; the other
of Samson carrying the city gates up the mountain, Judges 16:3, dia.
13 3/4 in.
$800-1,200
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Sarouk Carpet, West Persia, second quarter 20th century, (slight edge
wear), 17 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft.
$2,000-3,000
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Eight Biedermeier Fruitwood Rush Seat Side Chairs, mid-19th
century, each with shaped cresting and arched design in the splat, on
turned legs.
Provenance: Owned by John L. and Isabella Stewart Gardner. Sold
July 15, 2000, Skinner sale #2005.
Note: For a photograph of the chairs in use by Mr. and Mrs. Gardner
at their 152 Beacon Street home, please refer to the frontispiece
illustration of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum catalog Lee
Mingwei: THE LIVING ROOM, by Jennifer R. Gross and Lewis Hyde,
copyright 2000.
$1,500-2,500
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Jacobean-style Carved Oak Twin/Day Bed, the assembled
head- and footboards chip-carved with foliage and flowerheads, and
footboard with openwork balusters, with reeded rails, ht. 51, approx.
wd. 80, dp. 36 1/8 in.
$500-700
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Continental School, 19th Century
Arab on Horseback
Signed “J. Gerard” l.r.
Oil on canvas, 20 3/4 x 16 1/2 in., framed.
Condition: Patch reinforcements, retouch, surface grime.
$1,000-1,500
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French Terra-cotta Bust of a Young Girl, 20th century, with a
“verdigris” glaze, signed “U. Cipriani,” and incised “terre cuite d’art,” ht.
12 3/4 in.
$300-500
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Brass and Glass Candelabra and Three-dish Centerpiece, each
hung with lustres, the candelabra on tripod bases, and the centerpiece
with faceted knops, centerpiece ht. 13 1/2 in.
$200-300
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Ginori Porcelain Platter with Well, Italy, with central hand-painted
monochrome magenta picturesque view signed “Tondi,” bordered by
laurel wreaths and roundels, rim with deep blue ground, retailed by
Tiffany & Co., lg. 21 3/8 in.
$150-250
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Continental School, 16th Century Style
Christ Disputing in the Temple
Unsigned.
Oil on concave tin or metal, oval format 9 5/8 x 7 1/4 in., framed.
Condition: Scattered retouch and losses, surface grime.
$300-500
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