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Auction archive: Lot number 1006

A PAIR OF FRENCH POLYCHROME-PAINTED COMMODES

Estimate
US$200,000 - US$300,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 1006

A PAIR OF FRENCH POLYCHROME-PAINTED COMMODES

Estimate
US$200,000 - US$300,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF FRENCH POLYCHROME-PAINTED COMMODES SUPPLIED BY MAISON JANSEN TO THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR, CIRCA 1938 Each with a faux marble top, each decorated with a ribbon trellis held with clasps of pearls, centering the badge of the Prince of Wales, one painted throughout with butterflies, including the Silver Studded Blue, the Machaon (called the Old Word Swallowtail), the Boloria Selene (called the Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary), the Parnassius Apollo (called the Apollo), one with flowers including buttercups, forget-me-nots, holly, poppies, white clover, sweet peas, chicory, campanula, dianthus, cornflower, vetch, dog roses, Jerusalem artichokes and hedge bed-straw, each with mahogany and silk-lined drawers, and some of the carcases in mahogany, one inscribed in blue ink to the top corner of the back panel, '866', the other inscribed in blue in the same area '864' and also with small paper label with black and red type, 'EP / 1613 / ...7' 35 in. (89 cm.) high, 63 in. (160 cm.) wide, 24½ in. (62 cm.) deep Provenance Supplied by Maison Jansen circa 1938 to the Duke and Duchess and Windsor for the Château de la Cröe, le Cap d'Antibes. Moved circa 1952 to the Moulin de la Tuilerie, Gif Sur Yvette. Sold at auction in Paris circa 1980. With Pierre Passebon, Paris, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Auction archive: Lot number 1006
Auction:
Datum:
29 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF FRENCH POLYCHROME-PAINTED COMMODES SUPPLIED BY MAISON JANSEN TO THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR, CIRCA 1938 Each with a faux marble top, each decorated with a ribbon trellis held with clasps of pearls, centering the badge of the Prince of Wales, one painted throughout with butterflies, including the Silver Studded Blue, the Machaon (called the Old Word Swallowtail), the Boloria Selene (called the Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary), the Parnassius Apollo (called the Apollo), one with flowers including buttercups, forget-me-nots, holly, poppies, white clover, sweet peas, chicory, campanula, dianthus, cornflower, vetch, dog roses, Jerusalem artichokes and hedge bed-straw, each with mahogany and silk-lined drawers, and some of the carcases in mahogany, one inscribed in blue ink to the top corner of the back panel, '866', the other inscribed in blue in the same area '864' and also with small paper label with black and red type, 'EP / 1613 / ...7' 35 in. (89 cm.) high, 63 in. (160 cm.) wide, 24½ in. (62 cm.) deep Provenance Supplied by Maison Jansen circa 1938 to the Duke and Duchess and Windsor for the Château de la Cröe, le Cap d'Antibes. Moved circa 1952 to the Moulin de la Tuilerie, Gif Sur Yvette. Sold at auction in Paris circa 1980. With Pierre Passebon, Paris, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Auction archive: Lot number 1006
Auction:
Datum:
29 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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