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Fine & Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:318
Sale Title:Fine & Decorative ArtsLots with images:318
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:268
Date:1-Oct-2021
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A set of six mahogany dining chairs in the Victorian style, 20th century, Waisted balloon back chairs with carved and reticulated scrollwork splats, stuffover serpentine seats upholstered in olive velvet and raised on turned and baluster legs, splayed and plain to the rear, height: 86 cm, width 48 cm, depth 57 cm
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A delicate Victorian mahogany balloon back chair, 19th century, the circular back with an open work foliate and ribbon carved crest, a floral embellishment to the mid rail, with a serpentine stuffover seat and raised on channel grooved cabriole legs, upholstered in deep cream damask, height: 90 cm, width 46 cm, depth 53 cm
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An upholstered Victorian spoonback chair, 19th century, the button back chair with a serpentine stuffover seat and acanthus and flower head carved cabriole legs with brass casters, upholstered in a pale gold cotton fabric, height: 89 cm, width 47 cm, depth 55 cm
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A Victorian gentleman's chair, 19th century, the button back chair with a shaped and lightly carved showframe having padded arms and acanthus carved supports to a serpentine seat, and raised on fluted toupie feet with casters, upholstered in a flower flecked light blue grey cotton (worn to back), height: 97 cm, width 65 cm, depth 80 cm
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A fine pair of Louis XIII style oak armchairs, 1880s, high square back armchairs with padded backs and seats beautifully upholstered in quality floral damask in autumnal shades on a chocolate ground with nail trim, crisply carved foliate decorations to the arm terminals and raised on curvaceous legs united by os-de-mouton 'H' form stretchers, with a separate matching cushion, height: 116 cm, width 53 cm, depth 70 cm. Provenance: Ed Clarke Antiques.
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An Art Deco walnut sideboard, circa 1930s, the two tier sideboard with a grey striped cream marble top above a pair of glazed cupboards with lower convex drawers flanked by side cabinets with burr walnut veneer fronts and curved lower sides, raised on a plinth base with a concave profile; with keys, height: 119 cm, width 203 cm, depth 55 cm
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A country Chippendale armchair, 18th century, the square back chair with camel hump crest, padded arms with extended carved terminals and curved supports to a generous square seat, raised on grooved stile legs, with side stretchers, upholstered in butter yellow cotton with hand stitched motif and a nail trim (as found), height: 99 cm, width 64 cm, depth 77 cm
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A Victorian walnut shelf back chiffonier, 19th century, the chiffonier with two open shelves and spiral carved supports with turned finials, the extended top with rounded corners and cotton reel borders below and to the base, three mirrored cupboards with applied carved floral crests flanked by long pillars of similar spiral decoration with star shape and cabochon capitals, repeated to the feet, height: 132 cm, width 121 cm, depth 38 cm
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Two Victorian walnut occasional chairs, mid 19th century, decorative waisted chairs with finely carved pierced splats with formal scroll work, stuffover seats with ice blue green trellis patterned damask and raised on cabriole legs, splayed to the rear, height: 88 cm, width 45 cm, depth 51 cm
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A small Regence oak display cabinet, circa 1930, with a serpentine top above a glazed cabinet with a shaped door panel and internal glass shelves, a fielded panel to the lower register with vigorous medullary rays, a shaped apron and small cabriole legs with whorl feet, with restrained carved floral decorations throughout; with key, height: 150 cm, width 90 cm, depth 42 cm
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A fine Napoleon III kingwood Vernis Martin Bombe cabinet, third quarter 19th century, with a shaped maroon marble top above an extravagantly shaped case decorated with a finely painted romantic idyll, the cabinet interior lined with crushed red velvet, dressed throughout with well cast leafy ormolu borders and bold espagnolettes to the pronounced hipped edges, and sabots, with key, height: 112 cm, width 80 cm, depth 43 cm
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A pair of cherry wood Louis XV style bedside tables, mid 20th century, with a three quarter gallery above a petite drawer, a cupboard below to one and an open compartment to the other, with shaped aprons and raised on slender cabriole legs, height: 67 cm, width 35 cm, depth 26 cm
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A Napoleon III Louis XVI style walnut secretaire a abbatant, third quarter 19th century, with a white marble top with a single drawer and a fall front with a fitted bird's eye maple interior, four drawers below all inlaid with floral motifs and stringing, with gilt bronze escutcheons and toupie feet, height: 132 cm, width 67 cm, depth 32 cm
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A refined Louis XV style marquetry top kingwood drop side table, later 19th century, the shaped table with an ornate central trophy cartouche emblematic of the harvest, surrounded by formal vegetal designs, with twin drop ends, a single drawer to the frieze and ornamented with cast trims, demi-figure mounts and sabots, height: 70 cm, width 51 cm, extended length 103 cm
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A large Finnish display cabinet by A. Ahlstrom Okakeyhtio Warkhausom, circa 1930s-40s, with original label, In dark stained with an undulating gallery with a central pierced decoration, twin glazed doors with serpentine shaped frames, mirror backed, and with 'fall front' style cupboards to the short ends, the extended base with central drawers flanked by drawers with fielded panels, and raised on ball and claw legs., height: 175 cm, width 142 cm, depth 55 cm
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A small Victorian mahogany bookcase, 19th century, a well figured bookcase with an extended moulded pediment above arched glazed doors, two shelves, a pair of cupboards to the base with arching bead decoration and raised on a plinth base, with key, height: 190 cm, width 96 cm, depth 53 cm
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A bronze model of a British bulldog, 20th century, a cold painted cast model of a comical bulldog down on its front haunches, unmarked, height: 7 cm, width 10 cm
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A Victorian carved flame mahogany chiffonier, 19th century, with a high arched back with foliate carved details and a floral crest, a single shelf with turned supports, two ogee profile drawers, panel framed doors with finely figured veneers flanked by corbels, above a plinth base, height: 177 cm, width 123 cm, depth 50 cm
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