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Lot 388
Sale 5226 - British & European Furniture, Decorative Arts & Paintings
Oct 16, 2018
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$4,000 -
6,000
Price Realized
$2,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
An Empire ormolu-mounted mahogany and Carrara marble coiffeuse bearing stamps of Jacob Frères,19th century with some earlier elements
The rectangular mirror supported by a pair of Corinthian columns above a Carrara marble dressing surface, the frieze with a single hidden drawer and mounted to all four sides with a continuous frieze of victoires and laurel festoons; the front legs with ormolu caryatids, the rear legs with anthemion appliques; the substrate and underside bearing various Napoleonic and inventory stamps, with one spurious mark "JACOB FRÈRES/R*MESLEE," the upper edge of drawer further marked "JACOB FRÈRES" twice; with additional later "dP" firebrands to interior of drawer and underside for duPont.
H: 70, W: 49 1/4, D: 23 3/4 in.