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The Spring Auction Series, Part II — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:686
Sale Title:The Spring Auction Series, Part IILots with images:686
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:420
Date:25-Nov-2024
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A delicate silver gilt silver portrait box, post 1906 London import marks, centred with a declicate half portrait of a young woman in 18th century attire with a lavish plumed hat and decorated with paste stones, the box with engine turned and bead decoration, rubbed importer's mark, London import mark for 1906-1998 period and stamped .925 to lid interior, 1 cm high, 6 cm wide, 4.5 cm deep, 73gms total weight
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A French gilt bronze Art Deco desk set, signed Biale, circa 1930, together with a pair of porcelain and gilt metal candlesticks, 19th century, a boxed paperknife and pin tray decorated with gum leaves and blossoms, in the original box with retailer's label for a. Marechal, Lyon, 12 cm long, paperknife, 23.5 cm, sticks
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Two Murano millefiori dishes and a large glass vase, everted frilled dishes and a heavy gauge organic vase with irregular rims, all unmarked, the dishes 7 cm high, 17 cm diameter, the vase 34 cm high
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A nest of two circular lacquer boxes, 20th century, the larger decorated with sages in a garden medallion, the smaller with a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl, the larger box 17.5 cm diameter
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A Venetian style oval wall mirror, the oval frame with a floral decorated red border surmounted by an elaborate foliate crest, 99 cm high, 49 cm wide
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Leopoldine Mimovich (1920-2019), mother and child, bronze, incised on base: L Mimovich, 13.5 cm high, 6.5 cm wide, 2.5 cm deep
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Leopoldine Mimovich (1920-2019), crucifix, bronze, incised verso: L Mimovich, 24.5 cm high, 15.5 cm wide, 2 cm deep
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Three Georg Jensen platters, Danish, circa 2000's, each marked to base, the largest 32 cm diameter
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Leopoldine Mimovich (1920-2019), Madonna, bronze, incised on base: Mimovich, 21 cm high, 3.5 cm wide, 2.5 cm deep
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Leopoldine Mimovich (1920-2019), young boy, bronze, incised verso: Mimovich, 13.5 cm high, 4.5 cm wide, 2.5 cm deep
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Leopoldine Mimovich (1920-2019), Madonna and Child (Australian theme), bronze, incised lower centre: on base: Mimovich / Australia, 19 cm high, 10 cm wide 1.5 cm deep
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A decorative wicker canape, French, circa 1900, 82 cm high, 118 cm wide, 78 cm deep (at base)
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A green Chinese style apothecary chest, 86 cm high, 151 cm wide, 52 cm deep
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A large pale green painted provincial buffet, French, 18th century, 91 cm high, 190 cm wide, 56.5 cm deep
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A Spanish walnut stretcher base side table, 57.5 cm high, 64.5 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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A portable zinc wine hod, French, 19th century, with leather straps and distressed painted labels, 59 cm high, 60 cm wide, 51 cm deep (approx)
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A large twin handle copper jardiniere, Italian, 19th century, 42 cm high, 45.5 cm, diameter, 68 cm handle width
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Two large coopered oak and metal banded grape barrels, French, 19th century, 83.5 cm high, 73 cm wide, 64 cm deep
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A large and decorative painted wood wall clock, French, 95 cm diameter
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An antique brass coopered barrel, a set of cast iron scales and a coal iron, the barrel 55 cm high, the scales 40 cm high, 23 cm diameter
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A coopered oak grape hod with twin handles, French, 19th century, 41 cm high, 114 cm wide, 57 cm deep
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A small circular stool, French, 19th century, painted with flowers and mother of pearl inlay, midnight blue velvet upholstery, 58 cm high, 40 cm diameter
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Two large coopered oak and metal banded grape bins French, 19th century, 90 cm high, 74 cm wide, 61 cm deep
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A decorative papier mache letter holder, French, 19th century, with mother-of-pearl inlay, a painted bouquet, and enriched with gilding throughout on an ebonised ground, 20 cm high, 24 cm wide, 5.5 cm deep
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A pair of large and decorative red-lacquer and metal candlesticks, Japanese, 69 cm high
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A very decorative terracotta and slipware pouring vessel, French, 19th, century, painted with a spiral design, 33 cm high, 32 cm wide across the handles
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A grey tweed upholstered bergere, French, circa 1920, height of back 100 cm, seat height 45 cm (approx)
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Two French provincial wicker bottle baskets, 56 cm high (approx)
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An enamelled metal wall Art candleholder, 127 cm high, 120 cm wide at widest branch
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A pair of Chinese painted side cabinets, 68 cm high, 57.5 cm wide, 37.5 cm deep
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A large twin handled wicker grape basket, French, 19th century, 73 cm high, 90 cm wide, 70 cm deep
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A set of ten French provincial oak wide seated rush chairs, height of back 98 cm, seat height 47 cm
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A metal waste paper basket, French, circa 1950, 51 cm high, 42 cm wide
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Two rustic style zinc bottle carriers, both with wood handles, one for 6 bottles the other for 10, the largest 35 cm high, 51 cm wide, 21 cm deep
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A pair of wrought iron wall sconce lights, 27.5 cm high
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A painted coopered oak grape barrel, French,19th century, inscribed champagne Chateau Villaret, 42 cm high, 85 cm wide, 57 cm deep
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Two coopered oak grape barrels, French,19th century, inscribed 'Champagne Chateau Villaret', 40 cm high, 112 cm wide, 54 cm deep
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A mirrored Art Deco planter box, circa 1930, comprising post and rail style glass rods and a mirrored box insert, 21 cm high, 20 x 20 cm
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A group of six tapestry cushions, made from remnants of antique and vintage wool tapestries in muted tones, finished with passementerie trims, the largest 40 x 38 cm
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A pair of neoclassical gilt bronze cast candlesticks, French, circa 1860, each modelled as lily flowers and buds, with a knopped urn form stem decorated with festoons above a domed circular foot, 28 cm high
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A Georgian rosewood sarcophagus shape tea caddy, 19th century, with an ivory escutcheon and raised on petite brass ball feet, the interior with modern pale grey striped fabric, 16.5 cm high 28 cm wide, 14.5 cm deep
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A miniature saratoga chest box, 19th century, of typical form with wood and metal strapping over canvas covered wood, brass swing handles and original French lock, modern ticking lining, replicating the original, 26.5 cm high, 33.5 cm wide, 25.5 cm deep
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A marquetry rosewood and satinwood box, English, circa 1825, with a folkloric prancing horse motif centred within a shaped floral cartouche, similarly embellished to the face, modern fabric lining, 12 cm high, 30.5 cm wide, 22.5 cm deep
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A brass adjustable floor lamp, 155 cm high including shade
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A pair of Louis XV gilt bronze wall sconces, lavishly cast with vegetal motifs to serpentine arms, 14.5 cm high, 18 cm deep
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Three George III silhouettes in ebonised frames, early 19th century, painted portrait profiles of gentlemen and military figures enclosed within gilt bezels, the largest 16 x 13 cm
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Two card cases in mother-of-pearl, and tortoiseshell, late 19th/early 20th century, the tile patterned case inlaid with abalone shell, the tortoiseshell case with a pierced sterling silver embellishment, each 10 x 7.5 cm (approx)
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An enamelware trinket box and a petite Paris Porcelain jarlet, 19th century, the gilt metal mounted box decorated with flora in low relief upon a teal ground, the jarlet with raised beading and gilt trims, trinket box 3.5 cm high, 6.5 cm wide, 5 cm deep
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Two cold painted Viennese bronzes, a terrier and a rabbit, 19th/20th century, realistically cast models, the rabbit mounted on a polished green stone, apparently unmarked, the terrier 6 cm high
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Two antique novelty items, a horse hoof pin cushion and a brass town crier ink well, the shod hoof pin cushion with original velvet covering, the town cryer with a hinged head and glass insert mounted on a wood plinth, 13 cm high, ink well
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A sterling silver pique inlaid silver jewellery box, Charles Boyton & Son Ltd, Birmingham 1912, delicately inlaid with ribbons and pendent foliage, original pale teal silk lining, and raised on petite ball and claw feet, twice hallmarked, 5 cm high, 16 cm wide, 12 cm deep
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A pair of signed spelter horse bookends, together with gilt bronze figure of a bird, French, circa 1930s, the gold lustre horse models raised on portoro marble bases, both inscribed Frecourt; the stylised model of a bird standing on a moulded base, 16 cm high, 17 cm wide, 7.5 cm deep, bookends, 20 cm high, 25 cm wide, 11 cm deep, bird
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A Japanese bronze okimono of a miniature crayfish, finely and naturalistically modelled, unmarked, together with a stylised model of a deer, 4.5 cm high, 10 cm wide, 6 cm deep, crayfish
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A silver inlaid dish, by William Kage, Gustavsberg, together with a Czech malachite glass box, early 20th century, the dish featuring an inlaid silver fish design, painted and inlaid marks to base, together with a fluted box with a maiden in relief to the lid, dish diameter 15 cm
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A large collection of assorted pewter wares, comprising tankards, measures, plates, various vessels, together with a group of related reference books
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A monumental and imposing plaster model of Chairman Mao, a larger than life size floor standing bust, 170 cm high, 135 cm wide, 60 cm deep
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A gilded salon mirror, 19th century, 142.5 x 90 cm
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A Louis XV style verre eglomise silver gilt wood mirror, 146 x 91 cm
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A large Louis XVI style giltwood framed floor mirror, 225 x 138 cm
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A small antique style gilded overmantel mirror, 94 x 128 cm
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A large contemporary gilt framed floor mirror, 170 x 118 cm
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A gilded overmantel mirror, 163 x 154 cm wide
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A Louis XV style gilded overmantel mirror, 154 x 131 cm
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A Louis XVI style gilded overmantel mirror
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A Louis XV style gilded overmantel mirror, 138 x 132 cm
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A classical alabaster figure of a maiden, probably French, circa 1870, an elegantly robed young girl dancing and playing a tambourine, set on a fluted plinth, 49 cm high
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A polished brass ewer and bowl, possibly French, circa 1900, 30 cm high ewer, 33 cm diameter bowl
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A marquetry inlaid mahogany vanity mirror, Dutch, circa 1830, of arching profile above a floral decorated and strung surface, four short drawers each with mirror image tulips, 61 cm high, 39 cm wide, 22 cm deep
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A Victorian Government dispatch box by Wickwar & Co, 19th century, the dispatch box by Wickwar & Co, 6 Poland St, manufacturers to H.M.Stationery office, 12 cm high, 38 cm wide, 24 cm deep
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An ornate early Victorian brass mounted copper tea urn, English, circa 1840, the waisted bulbous body with a decoratively cast rim and flowerhead knop, with spigot and bone handles, upon a square base, 38 cm high
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A black lacquered four panel screen, with fan and tree form decoration in gilt upon a black ground, 169 cm high, 1700 cm wide
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A painted plaster and terracotta bust, after the 17th century original by Jerome Derbais, French, 85 cm high, 73 cm wide, 30 cm deep
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A pair of antique brass candlesticks, 18th century, of knopped form upon tiered bases, 24.5 cm high
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A French marble newel post staircase finial, 19th century, raised on a japanned wood plinth, 26 cm high, 14 cm square base
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A flame mahogany chest of drawers, Scottish,19th century, a frieze drawer above three short and three long cockbeaded drawers with well figured book end veneers above a concealed plinth drawer, extended side columns and raised on bun feet, 130 cm high, 128 cm wide, 60 cm deep
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A George III inlaid rosewood tea caddy, circa 1815, of bombe sarcophagus form with a diamond point domed lid, satinwood and brass inlaid decorations and lion mask ring handles and raised on paw feet, original hinged tea boxes to the interior, 24.5m high, 38 cm wide, 16 cm deep
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Three pre-Columbian terracotta figures, Central America, the largest 15 cm high. Provenance: purchased Graham Cornell Antiques, Melbourne
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A George III style rush seat elm side chair, the arching back with a vasiform pierced splat, tapering square section legs united by stretchers
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A Georgian oak bureau, mid 18th century, with four cockbeaded drawers, the sloped fall front supported on pull out lopers opening to a fitted interior with petite drawers and open compartments, raised on shaped bracket feet, with associated key, 105 cm high, 91.5 cm wide, 51 cm deep. Provenance: The collection of Hugh & Jackie Wallace, Melbourne
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A Victorian circular walnut sewing table, 19th century, with a decorative crimped apron upon a turned support to a tripod base, 69.5 cm high, 42 cm diameter
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A large Louis XV style cherry wood parquetry table, with a serpentine skirt and supported on cabriole legs, 76 cm high, 303 cm wide, 120 cm deep
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An Italian style cherry wood stretcher-based table, 20th century, with relief decoration to the serpentine skirt upon double scroll legs, 200 cm wide (approx), 120 cm deep (approx)
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A mahogany cabinet/writing bureau by the Globe-Wernicke Company, 19th century, with drawers on a plinth base, together with a three tier Edwardian shelf, 112 cm high, 90 cm wide, 49 cm deep
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A large polished and ebonised dining table with ten matching dining chairs, the rectangular top raised on dual knopped pedestals with shaped platform bases, the highback chairs with cabriole legs and pointed toes upholstered in plum geometric burnout velvet, the table 76.5 cm high, 251 cm wide, 143 cm deep, the chairs 111 cm high
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A decorative giltwood salon mirror, 100 x 70.5 cm
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A Senneh district kilim, 20th century, in shades of yellow and red on a black field, 124 x 190 cm
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An Edwardian mahogany tea table, early 20th century, of shaped profile with extravagant cabriole legs united by shaped stretchers with finial, 71 cm high, 96 cm wide, 73 cm deep
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A pair of Edwardian boxwood string inlaid mahogany Sheraton side chairs, circa 1900, upholstered in green velvet, embellished with ebony and boxwood stringing and crossbanding
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A convex mirror in the Regency style, 53 cm diameter
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A Victorian cedar dining table and chairs, 19th century, the table with turned baluster legs and maroon upholstery to the conforming six balloon back chairs, the table 75 cm high 162 cm wide, 88 cm deep
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A Victorian walnut stretcher-base side table, 19th century, the shaped surface with boxwood and ebony inlay above turned supports and swept legs with relief carved details and whorl feet, 67 cm high, 83 cm wide, 45 cm deep
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A Victorian mahogany two door base cabinet, 19th century, the surface having vegetal borders above two cupboards, with carved corbels and raised on a plinth base, 96 cm high, 182 cm wide, 48 cm deep
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A Victorian mahogany tripod based side table, 19th century, with a single drawer, 72 cm high, 49 cm wide, 37 cm deep
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A Louis XV style walnut bedhead and footer, late 19th/20th century, with a serpentine framed back with carved crest and embellishments, quarter veneer panels and raised on cabriole legs, with a conforming footer, double bed size, the header 152 x 154 cm wide
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A rustic oak sideboard in the 18th century manner, an extended surface above three drawers with ring ironwork handles and raised on turned legs with stretcher, 75 cm high, 180 cm wide, 87.5 cm deep
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Three Pedrali 'Pasha 660' armchairs for Archirivolto, Italian, circa 2000s, two in black polycarbonate, one in white, 99 cm high, 85 cm wide, 73 cm deep. Provenance: The John Henry collection, Melbourne
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A George III mahogany tilt-top wine table, 18th century, on a tripod base, with gunbarrel pedestal and sweeping pad feet, 68 cm high, 60 cm diameter
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A Sheraton style cross-banded mahogany architect's desk, the surface with cross banding and stringing above four drawers, raised on tapering square section legs with a spade foot, 85 cm high, 140.5 cm wide, 63.5 cm deep
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A mid century rosewood occasional table, with a parquetry top, 46 cm high, 70 cm square at top
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A mid century modern rosewood side table, the well figured surface above square section legs, 43 cm high, 59 cm square at top
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