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A George I Scarlet Japanned Bureau Cabinet, Circa 1720
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Property from a New York Apartment Designed by Mario Buatta
In two sections, the upper with a pair of arched and later-glazed doors enclosing a bank of twelve small drawers with two candle slides below; the fall front section with interior arrangement of central cupboard flanked by drawers and pigeonholes; above two short and two long graduated drawers below, on later shaped bracket feet, the whole decorated with equestrian groups, buildings, plants, and fantastic animals, the sides with writhing vines, in various gold tones with black, green, and violet highlights on a scarlet ground
height 8 ft. 3 in.; width 40 in.; depth 25 in.
251.5 cm.; 101.5 cm.; 63.5 cm.
ProvenanceEvelyn H. Dickey, New York;
Butterfield & Butterfield San Francisco, 20 June 1984 lot 542;
Cathy Hardwick, New YorkLiterature'Manhattan Romance. Fashion Designer Cathy Hardwick returns to Tradition,' Architectural Digest, February 1997, p.101
In two sections, the upper with a pair of arched and later-glazed doors enclosing a bank of twelve small drawers with two candle slides below; the fall front section with interior arrangement of central cupboard flanked by drawers and pigeonholes; above two short and two long graduated drawers below, on later shaped bracket feet, the whole decorated with equestrian groups, buildings, plants, and fantastic animals, the sides with writhing vines, in various gold tones with black, green, and violet highlights on a scarlet ground
height 8 ft. 3 in.; width 40 in.; depth 25 in.
251.5 cm.; 101.5 cm.; 63.5 cm.
ProvenanceEvelyn H. Dickey, New York;
Butterfield & Butterfield San Francisco, 20 June 1984 lot 542;
Cathy Hardwick, New YorkLiterature'Manhattan Romance. Fashion Designer Cathy Hardwick returns to Tradition,' Architectural Digest, February 1997, p.101
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Property from a New York Apartment Designed by Mario Buatta
In two sections, the upper with a pair of arched and later-glazed doors enclosing a bank of twelve small drawers with two candle slides below; the fall front section with interior arrangement of central cupboard flanked by drawers and pigeonholes; above two short and two long graduated drawers below, on later shaped bracket feet, the whole decorated with equestrian groups, buildings, plants, and fantastic animals, the sides with writhing vines, in various gold tones with black, green, and violet highlights on a scarlet ground
height 8 ft. 3 in.; width 40 in.; depth 25 in.
251.5 cm.; 101.5 cm.; 63.5 cm.
ProvenanceEvelyn H. Dickey, New York;
Butterfield & Butterfield San Francisco, 20 June 1984 lot 542;
Cathy Hardwick, New YorkLiterature'Manhattan Romance. Fashion Designer Cathy Hardwick returns to Tradition,' Architectural Digest, February 1997, p.101
In two sections, the upper with a pair of arched and later-glazed doors enclosing a bank of twelve small drawers with two candle slides below; the fall front section with interior arrangement of central cupboard flanked by drawers and pigeonholes; above two short and two long graduated drawers below, on later shaped bracket feet, the whole decorated with equestrian groups, buildings, plants, and fantastic animals, the sides with writhing vines, in various gold tones with black, green, and violet highlights on a scarlet ground
height 8 ft. 3 in.; width 40 in.; depth 25 in.
251.5 cm.; 101.5 cm.; 63.5 cm.
ProvenanceEvelyn H. Dickey, New York;
Butterfield & Butterfield San Francisco, 20 June 1984 lot 542;
Cathy Hardwick, New YorkLiterature'Manhattan Romance. Fashion Designer Cathy Hardwick returns to Tradition,' Architectural Digest, February 1997, p.101
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
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New York
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