May 22, 2024 10:00 EST

Old Master Paintings / English & Continental Silver, Furniture & Decorative Arts

 
  Lot 319
 

319

William III Marquetry Chest on Low Stand
Circa 1695

The rectangular top with four panels inlaid with a lion, a unicorn, a pheasant and a goose enclosing an oval panel inlaid with two birds and a dog, above a case with two short over three long drawers with foliate scrolls, the stand drawer inlaid with birds, on bun feet; the drawers lined with contemporary woodblock printed wallpaper or lining paper depicting a woman sitting on a basket fishing.

Height 39 in (99 cm), width 36 in (91.4 cm), depth 21 in (53.3 cm)

Colonel C. H. Norris, Swalcliffe Park, Near Banbury, Oxfordshire.

The Collection of The Right Honourable William Lever, Viscount Leverhulme, sold, The Anderson Galleries, New York City, February 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1926, lot 273.

Sotheby's New York, October 18, 2006, lot 168.

Literature:

Alan Sugden and John Edmundson, A History of English Wallpaper 1509-1914, London, 1925, fig. 17, illustrating an interior of one of the drawers.

Charles Oman and Jean Hamilton, Wallpapers: An International History and Illustrated Survey from the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., p. 98, no. 29.

Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $6,000 - $8,000

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

The rectangular top with four panels inlaid with a lion, a unicorn, a pheasant and a goose enclosing an oval panel inlaid with two birds and a dog, above a case with two short over three long drawers with foliate scrolls, the stand drawer inlaid with birds, on bun feet; the drawers lined with contemporary woodblock printed wallpaper or lining paper depicting a woman sitting on a basket fishing.

Height 39 in (99 cm), width 36 in (91.4 cm), depth 21 in (53.3 cm)

Provenance:

Colonel C. H. Norris, Swalcliffe Park, Near Banbury, Oxfordshire.

The Collection of The Right Honourable William Lever, Viscount Leverhulme, sold, The Anderson Galleries, New York City, February 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1926, lot 273.

Sotheby's New York, October 18, 2006, lot 168.

Notes:

Literature:

Alan Sugden and John Edmundson, A History of English Wallpaper 1509-1914, London, 1925, fig. 17, illustrating an interior of one of the drawers.

Charles Oman and Jean Hamilton, Wallpapers: An International History and Illustrated Survey from the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., p. 98, no. 29.

Auction: Old Master Paintings / English & Continental Silver, Furniture & Decorative Arts, May 22, 2024

  • Auction of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints on May 21, 2024 Surpasses Expectations

  • Nautical Painting by Dutch Master Simon Jacobsz de Vlieger Sails to $419,600 Amid Trans-Atlantic Bidding

  • Fine Art Section of the May 21 Auction Comprised Lots 1 - 92

  • Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions

NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle's auction on May 21, 2024 saw exceptional results for Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints. Bidders on both sides of the Atlantic vied for landscapes, nautical paintings, still lifes, portraits and religious subjects by European artists from the Renaissance through the 19th century.

Simon Jacobsz de Vlieger - Sold for $419,600
Highlighting the sale was Dutch artist Simon Jacobsz de Vlieger’s view of A Coastal Landscape with Dutch Frigates Exchanging Salutes that soared past its estimate of $60,000-80,000 to achieve a stunning $419,600. Simon Jacobsz de Vlieger (1601-1653) was one of the most important and influential Dutch marine painters of the 17th century. This sweeping view of ships off the coast of Holland, painted in the late 1640s, is a classic example of his late style, which emphasized the atmospheric effects of water and sky along the North Sea.

Venetian Vedute & the Grand Tour
Another noteworthy offering was A View of the Piazza San Marco, Looking East toward the Basilica attributed to Apollonio Domenichini (The Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views). Read Essay


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