14th Jul, 2021 10:00 EST
The Gilded Age
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A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt Metal Mounted Oak Bookcase
In two sections, the upper section with ogee molded top over frieze with Vitruvian scroll mounts, over twin bevel glazed doors centered by a fluted Corinthian column, flanked by fluted pilasters, the lower section with twin panelled cupboard doors, raised on plinth base.
H: 98 1/2, W: 71, D: 23 1/2 in.
Provenance
Collection of Robert & Barbara Safford, Vaux Hill, Audubon, Pennsylvania.
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, September 25, 2013, lot 150.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Private Collection, Long Island, New York.
Estimated at $6,000 - $8,000
In two sections, the upper section with ogee molded top over frieze with Vitruvian scroll mounts, over twin bevel glazed doors centered by a fluted Corinthian column, flanked by fluted pilasters, the lower section with twin panelled cupboard doors, raised on plinth base.
Provenance
Collection of Robert & Barbara Safford, Vaux Hill, Audubon, Pennsylvania.
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, September 25, 2013, lot 150.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Private Collection, Long Island, New York.
