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Fine and Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:454
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:454
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:274
Date:28-Jul-2019
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A Regence style oak bookcase, mid 20th century, having a shaped top and a decorative proscenium enclosing open shelving, two lower cupboards with fielded panels, a shaped apron with carved shell motif, and raised on cabriole legs with whorl feet, height 131 cm, width 98 cm, depth 33 cm
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A Regence style oak cabinet, mid 20th century, the top with thumbnail edging above a long fielded cupboard enclosing four, timber shelves to one side and five drawers of similar design below an open, compartment to the other, with cast brass handles, and small cabriole legs, with whorl feet, height 151 cm, width 100 cm, depth 38 cm
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A French oak hole to hole cane stool, late 19th century, the oval stool with a parquetry border to the skirt and raised on tapering, ribbed legs to a stretcher base, height 54 cm, length 50 cm, width 39 cm
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A transitional style walnut marble topped cabinet, circa 1900, with a breche d'alep marble top, twin cupboards of vertical slat design above, a pair of quarter veneer panelled cupboards, both with shelving, the rounded, edges with cast mounts, small hipped cabriole legs with sabots, height 117 cm, width 58 cm, depth 40 cm
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A rosewood marble topped secretaire a abbatant, late 19th century, fashioned as a semainer of serpentine profile with cavetto cornice, a faux, drawer fall front opening to a fitted interior in birch, four drawers below, with quarter veneer panels and contrasting borders, the sides similar, with, cast foliate pull handles and mounts, shaped skirt with drop, and small, bracket feet, height 124 cm, width 65 cm, depth 35 cm
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An Aesthetic movement mirror backed walnut display cabinet, later 19th century, of delicate classical inspiration, with a central raised canopy flanked by twin astragal glazed cabinets with spindle galleries and finials, the lower, register with two tiers of open galleried compartments, a central drawer and glazed cupboard, with turned supports, engraved decorations, pierced brass, hinges, escutcheons, height 195 cm, width 100 cm, depth 38 cm
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A small Art Deco walnut cabinet, circa 1920s, a stepped top above a drawer and bevelled glazed compartment with relief, carved flower and fruit details to spandrels and the curved edges, the lower, register having a cupboard with faux tambour front, fielded panels to the sides, raised on small conical details with ribbed det, height 149 cm, width 60 cm, depth 40 cm
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A transitional style tulipwood cabinet, circa 1900, with an amber and tan breche marble top above two long doors with pairs of quarter veneer panels, feather banding to the sides, all with contrasting, borders and blonde stringing, three shelves to the interior, and raised on small hipped cabriole legs, with pierced gilt bronze cast neoclassical, escutcheons and sabots, height 157 cm, width 103 cm, depth 37 cm
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A pair of transitional style oval bedside tables, circa 1930s, the tables with yellow ochre breche marble tops, three drawers each with, chequer patterned borders and raised on slender cabriole legs with bronze, sabots, height 73 cm, width 46 cm, depth 33 cm
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A petite Louis XVI style wine table, circa 1930s, a circular veined grey marble top with pierced brass gallery, a fluted and swollen stem to a tripod base, height 55 cm, diameter 29 cm
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A Louis XIV style marble topped bow front kingwood commode, late 19th century, a fine rouge De Languedoc marble top above four drawers with book end, veneers, cross banding, and feather banding to the sides, cast bronze swing, handles with floral mounts and decorative shield form escutcheons, the apron, with drop, and fluted rounded edges flowing to bracket feet with pierced cast, mounts, height 91 cm, width 76 cm, depth 41 cm
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A Louis XVI style rosewood display cabinet, circa 1900, the elegant cabinet with a cavetto moulded pediment and marble top above a glazed cabinet with a mirrored back and glass shelving, a cavetto waist with, contrasting banded trims above a single cupboard decorated with veneers in a radiating design, quarter veneer panels to the side, raised on small feet, height 166 cm, width 84 cm, depth 41 cm
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A Louis XVI salon suite with canape and four fauteuils, late 19th century, the suite with ornamented giltwood showframes, padded tablet backs above, stuffover seats and raised upon fluted tapering legs, upholstered in pink, silk plaid, height 108 cm, width 140 cm, depth 71 cm, (sofa)
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A Henri II style walnut buffet, late 19th century, the profusely carved cabinet with Renaissance elements, having a decorative, crest, long shelf and turned cup and cover supports to a rouge De Languedoc, marble shelf above twin drawers and cupboards flanked by pillars, a long open, compartment below, height 187 cm, width 130 cm, depth 45 cm
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A transitional style tulipwood dressing table, circa 1930s, with a shaped profile, the top with three hinged quarter veneer reserved, panels, the central panel with an internal mirror, the outer panels opening, to compartments, with two small drawers and matching faux drawers to the facade and a writing slide, raised on knife edge cabriole legs, with, restrained gilt bronze mounts, height 75 cm, width 78 cm, depth 45 cm, extended height 114 cm
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A pair of Louis XV style inlaid tulipwood bedside tables, circa 1930s, the tables with floral inlay to quarter veneer panelled tops, a single drawer, and open compartment to one table, three drawers to the other, with shaped, aprons and raised on slender cabriole legs, height 73 cm, width 41 cm, depth 33 cm
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A Louis XV style tulipwood gueridon, circa 1930s, rectangular with a leather topped slide and small drawer to the short end, hipped legs united by an undertier, decorated with quarter veneer bookend, veneers, a cast bronze gallery and bronze mounts and sabots, height 69 cm, length 43 cm, width 34 cm
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A small Regence style oak etagere, circa 1930s, the three tier etagere of narrow profile raised on small whorl feet, height 81 cm, width 45 cm, depth 30 cm
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A small Louis XV style oak occasional table, early 20th century, the rectangular top of serpentine profile with ear form corners, a shaped, apron and raised on cabriole legs, height 64 cm, length 68 cm, width 52 cm
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A Louis XV style cherrywood chiffoniere, circa 1930s, of arbalete profile with five drawers, cast foliate bronze pull handles, a shaped apron and short cabriole feet, height 103 cm, width 66 cm, depth 38 cm
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A Regence style oval oak coffee table, circa 1930s, the glass top table above a hole to hole cane surface, a shaped apron with, shell ornament and cabriole legs with whorl feet, height 43 cm, length 95 cm, width 52 cm
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A small Georgian style flame mahogany table with drawer, early 20th century, with a timber bead gallery to the top, a single long drawer with oval brass, backplates and swing handles, raised on square section tapering legs, height 78 cm, length 84 cm, width 47 cm
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A neoclassical walnut desk chair, early 20th century, the tub shaped open frame chair with a hole to hole cane seat, burr wood, cross banding, and tapering legs with reeded capitals, embellished with gilt, bronze rosette, anthemion and palm mounts, height 73 cm, width 61 cm, depth 55 cm
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A set of four Art Deco walnut and brown leather bridge chairs, circa 1930s, the padded backs with cusped crests, bowed arms and stuffover seats above, gently tapering shaped legs, height 80 cm, width 57 cm, depth 52 cm
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A fine Victorian walnut dental cabinet, circa 1860s, rubbed ivory maker's cartouche, the cabinet with a central arching crest and three quarter gallery surround, above a lockable cylinder and a grey marble bench, ten graduated short, drawers and a long drawer, the lower section with a conforming marble bench, further drawers and twin arched cupboards flanked by stiles with corbels, above a breakfront plinth, height 178 cm, width 80 cm, depth 41 cm
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A pair of Art Deco birchwood bedside tables, circa 1920s, the bedside tables with a distinctive curved profile to one side, with rear, gallery, a small drawer with conical chrome knob and tapering open, compartments to a platform base, height 77 cm, width 35 cm, depth 34 cm
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An onyx and gilt bronze coffee table, mid 20th century, with Louis XVI influence, the cream and tangerine onyx top above a shallow, skirt with formal cast borders and raised on tapering fluted legs, height 48 cm, length 95 cm, width 50 cm
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An Art Nouveau pine wardrobe, circa 1900, with a carved and floral inlaid crest with side finials above a pediment with, conforming inlay, a mirrored door flanked by long fluted columns above a single inlaid drawer and raised on short turned feet, height 225 cm, width 96 cm, depth 50 cm
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A set of six Victorian balloon back mahogany chairs, plus one 19th century, the chair with carved mid rails, stuffover seats with velvet upholstery, and raised on baluster legs, the other similar, height 92 cm, width 48 cm, depth 52 cm
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A Georgian mahogany bureau, circa 1770, in flame mahogany, the fall front opening to a fitted interior with small, drawers, pigeon holes and a tooled leather writing surface, with lopers, two short and three long cockbeaded drawers of graduated depth with the original, pierced brass batwing bat plates and swing handles, raised on bracket feet, height 108 cm, width 93 cm, depth 55 cm
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A Georgian mahogany chest, early 19th century, having a fine patina, with three short drawers and three long drawers of graduated depth, partial cockbeading, original oval backplates with, neoclassical decoration and swing handles, raised on bracket feet, height 91 cm, width 122 cm, depth 54 cm
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A French Art Deco Birchwood bed, circa 1920s, with associated rails, of simple plain low arched form with a straight edged base, the inward, curving end board conforming, height 114 cm, width 148 cm, (bed head)
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A pair of Louis XV style cherry wood bedside tables, mid 20th century, with three quarter shaped galleries above three drawers of gently bowed, profile, the sides conforming, with shaped aprons and cabriole legs, height 70 cm, width 42 cm, depth 30 cm
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A small vintage mahogany eight drawer cabinet, mid 20th century, with seven shallow drawers and a deeper lower drawer all with central, recessed brass handles and raised on a plinth base, height 77 cm, width 53 cm, depth 37 cm
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An antique cedar sideboard base, late 19th century, with a shaped rear gallery, ogee profile frieze drawer and twin cupboards, flanked by corbels, on a raised base with shaped bracket feet, height 105 cm, width 122 cm, depth 54 cm
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A fine William IV mahogany secretaire bookcase, circa 1820-30s, with key, an extended cornice above glazed doors with bead, anthemion and fleur-de-lis, trims, the interior with an arrangement of small drawers, pigeon holes and leather writing surface, the lower cupboards with cusped arch motifs above a breakfront plinth, bold corbel decorations to the upper and lower registers, height 228 cm, width 117 cm, depth 62 cm
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A Victorian rosewood piano stool, 19th century, the buttoned stuffover stool with a baluster pedestal and carved tripod base, with cabriole legs and whorl feet, height 50 cm
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A French transitional style tulipwood sideboard, 19th century, the breakfront triple fronted sideboard with a breche D'Alep marble top, decorated to the cupboards and sides with striking two tone quarter veneers, ebony and boxwood stringing and trims, the shaped apron with drop and raised, on short cabriole legs, with cast ormolu mounts, height 107 cm, width 148 cm, depth 52 cm
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A carved French walnut display cabinet, later 19th century, the arching cabinet with an extended cornice having a central glaze display, cupboard, side cupboards and drawers above an extended base with frieze, drawers and cupboards with fielded panels, decorated with carved floral and laurel festoons and pendants, height 260 cm, width 170 cm, depth 61 cm
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A Victorian style two door mahogany bookcase, with an extended cornice, cupboards with arching glazed doors above a pair of frieze drawers and lower cupboards, with carved corbel decorations and raised, on a plinth base, height 229 cm, width 115 cm, depth 50 cm
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A Sheraton Revival mahogany apprentice piece bookcase, early 20th century, with a broken triangular pediment with urn finial, twin astragal glazed doors, and shelving, above a slide and a four cockbeaded drawers of graduated depth, with flame veneers, brass swan neck handles, raised on shaped bracket feet, height 141 cm, width 53 cm, depth 28 cm
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A Louis XV style cherry wood bedside or occasional table, mid 20th century, with a three quarter gallery, three drawers and curvaceous legs, height 72 cm, width 34 cm, depth 26 cm
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A small inlaid cherry wood desk, circa 1900, with Art Nouveau influence having a single drawer and inlaid in mixed timbers, to the top with a bird in a rosebush, raised upon turned legs, height 73 cm, length 80 cm, width 50 cm
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A Victorian mahogany Dickens desk, circa 1850, a galleried back flanked by two cupboards with fitted compartments, a tooled, leather sloping top with internal bird's eye maple drawers and pigeon holes, a three drawer frieze and twin three drawer pedestals with turned handles and plinth bases, provenance acquired Graeme brown Antiques Melbourne, 1988 for $6250, height 122 cm, width 151 cm, depth 78 cm
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A Louis XV tulipwood style bedside table, circa 1930, with a three quarter gallery, a quarter veneer shaped reserve to the top and feather banded reserves to the sides, a single drawer and an open compartment, above a shaped apron, raised on slender tapering cabriole legs, height 79 cm, width 39 cm, depth 31 cm
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A pair of Louis XV style walnut bedside tables, early 20th century, the pair with deep ochre marble tops above single drawers and marble lined, pot cupboards, quarter veneer panelling throughout and raised on curvaceous, legs with decorative shell mounts to the hips terminating in whorl feet, height 82 cm, width 42 cm, depth 38 cm
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A Louis XV style tulipwood inlaid bedside table, mid 20th century, with a yellow mottled marble top, two floral inlaid drawers to strung book, end veneer reserves, a shaped apron and raised on cabriole legs, with gilt, bronze cast handles and sabots, height 75 cm, width 25 cm, depth 24 cm
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A Louis XV style tulipwood bombe commode, circa 1930s, a yellow and purple marble top of serpentine profile above two drawers with, strung quarter veneer panels and floral inlay, having hipped edges flowing to splayed tapering legs, with a shaped apron and drop, bronze foliate handles, mounts and sabots, height 84 cm, width 86 cm, depth 44 cm
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A hardwood bijouterie, early 20th century, the glazed hardwood cabinet with a shaped apron and raised on tall cabriole, legs, height 92 cm, length 49 cm, width 49 cm
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A set of four Regency mahogany chairs, circa 1805, elegant square frame chairs of pegged construction with spade backs, sides, and midrails of ribbed profile, with drop in seats, ribbed seating rails and raised on tapering sabre legs, with gilt bronze egg and dart borders and applied rosettes, height 86 cm, width 48 cm, depth 50 cm
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Three Georgian Sheraton style mahogany chairs plus carver, circa 1790, elegant square framed chairs of pegged construction with ebony and boxwood, stringing, spade backs, pierced midrails with curved lattice details, drop in seats and raised on slender turned legs, height 85 cm, width 57 cm, depth 51 cm, (carver)
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A neoclassical Georgian mahogany double pedestal table, circa 1800, with leaf extension, the lyre based table with gadroon and target motifs to platform bases with, high hipped swept legs terminating in brass caps and casters, height 73 cm, width 165 cm, depth 108 cm
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A bleached oak square table, 20th century, the table with stepped timber stud details to the edges and raised on tapering square section legs with a corrugated feature, the upper legs carved, with ribbon and leaf motifs, height 73 cm, length 140 cm, width 140 cm
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A cast iron and marble console, mid 20th century, the yellow ochre shaped demi-lune top supported on a scrollwork and foliate, skirt upon multi stemmed cabriole legs, in blackened metal with gold copper, highlights, height 87 cm, width 129 cm, depth 44 cm
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