Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . FURNITURE AND MINIATURES. 37 pedestal, i8 inches high, i,ooo guineas; a LouisXV. pier-table, boldly carved with terminal femalefigures, masks and festoons of foliage, richly gilt,with shaped slab of matrix of amethyst, 72 x 21,and the companion table, together, 1,920 guineas ;a Louis XVL clock by Dutertre, with enamelleddial, in vase-shaped case of ormolu, with festoonsof foliage in relief, boys emblematic of sculptureand architecture seated on the plinth, 420 guineas ;.a pair of oviform vases of gros-bleu Sevres, set intripod
Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . FURNITURE AND MINIATURES. 37 pedestal, i8 inches high, i,ooo guineas; a LouisXV. pier-table, boldly carved with terminal femalefigures, masks and festoons of foliage, richly gilt,with shaped slab of matrix of amethyst, 72 x 21,and the companion table, together, 1,920 guineas ;a Louis XVL clock by Dutertre, with enamelleddial, in vase-shaped case of ormolu, with festoonsof foliage in relief, boys emblematic of sculptureand architecture seated on the plinth, 420 guineas ;.a pair of oviform vases of gros-bleu Sevres, set intripods of ormolu, of elegant design, and of thetime of Louis XVL, richly chased, with goats feeton triangular bases, 31 inches high, 385 guineas;and a Louis XIV. writing-table and cartonniereof ebony, the table enriched with massive frieze oformolu and festoons of foliage of the same inrelief, the cartonniere with Greek key-patternfrieze and massive festoons of foliage in relief,76 X 42, 3,050 guineas (see full-page plates). XIIL Miniatures: Jean Baptiste Lulli, byPet
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