Attributed to Marsh and Tatham. The Octagonal top with four drawers and Greek Key and Scroll Brass inlays, the leather inset top with a Gilt Tooled Greek Key border. The pedestal base with Lion's Paw Brass Casters. The Greek Key and scrolled brass inlay on the frieze closely resembles the inlay on the Anglesey desk by Marsh and Tatham. The Anglesey desk was sold Christies, London, July 8, 1993 realizing 1.76 million pounds, at the time the highest price ever achieved for English furniture.
Height 29 3/4 inches, Depth 56 1/2 inches, Width 56 1/2 inches
h 29 3/4, d 56 1/2
Attributed to Marsh and Tatham. The Octagonal top with four drawers and Greek Key and Scroll Brass inlays, the leather inset top with a Gilt Tooled Greek Key border. The pedestal base with Lion's Paw Brass Casters. The Greek Key and scrolled brass inlay on the frieze closely resembles the inlay on the Anglesey desk by Marsh and Tatham. The Anglesey desk was sold Christies, London, July 8, 1993 realizing 1.76 million pounds, at the time the highest price ever achieved for English furniture.
Height 29 3/4 inches, Depth 56 1/2 inches, Width 56 1/2 inches
h 29 3/4, d 56 1/2
Staining & scratching to leather; cracking to veneer; losses to ebonized molding above the drawer mahogany secondary wood; minor veneer replacements; warping to one false drawer; gap between top & one drawer from warping; cracks to base, especially near one foot; some mounts loose.
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Auction: A Prominent Pennsylvania Collection: Property from a Montgomery County Lady, Sep 11, 2024
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle is pleased to announce the sale of A Prominent Pennsylvania Collection: Property of a Montgomery County Lady scheduled for Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 10am. This single-owner auction showcases the contents of an elegant home decorated by the celebrated Philadelphia-based interior designers, Bennett and Judie Weinstock. Architectural Digest’s AD 100 Honorees in 2002 and 2010, this husband and wife team of decorators were astute collectors themselves throughout their entire marriage of almost fifty years. The Pennsylvania Collection exemplifies their signature style of the stately English country home combining sophisticated elegance with gracious ease and comfort. Featured will be over 200 lots of important English furniture, stylish decorations, English majolica, Asian works of art, Continental paintings and more, all collected with the discerning eyes of true connoisseurs.
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