L’Art de Vivre: Property from the collects ion of Kathleen and Martin Field

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Lot 1184
  • 1184

A LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE LOW TABLE, 19TH CENTURY |

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 15 in.; width 43 1/2 in.; depth 24 in.
  • 38 cm; 110.5 cm; 61 cm

Provenance

Replica Shoes 's New York, Estate of Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, May 17, 1980, lot 326
Christie's New York, collects ion of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Groves, October 15, 1988, lot 58

Catalogue Note

Bernice Chrysler Garbisch (1906-1979) was the daughter of Walter P. Chrysler, founder of the eponymous automobile company, and with her husband Edgar Garbisch (1899-1979) formed an important collects ion of Impressionist paintings and American folk and decorative arts in their New York and Maryland residences.  The sale of their collects ion in 1980 set a record for the highest total at that t.mes for a single owner art and antiques auction.