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THE SALOMON COLLECTION
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848. Louis XVI Carved and Laque Bedstead with Canopy
Oblong, with molded and arched head and footboards, and square
stop-fluted uprights surmounted by round posts, supporting by iron
rods an oval canopy carved with period motives and sustaining a
two-handled vase. Round fluted tapering legs. Head and foot panels,
mattress, bolster cushion and draperies in beautiful blue and gold
striped satin, trimmed with braid and silk tassels.
Total height, 9 feet 6 inches; length, 6 feet 2 inches; width, 4 feet 2% inches
849. Carved Walnut Cabinet a Deux Corps French Renaissance
Upper portion with broken cornice and frieze enriched with oval and
oblong panels of Alps-green marble. Front enclosed with two doors
having medallions of Mars and Venus, scrolled with satyr masks;
arched pilasters with niches adorned with graceful figures of Venus
and Diana and four fluted Corinthian columns. Molded and brack-
eted base with satyr figures and central drawer. Underbody similarly,
but with chimera scrolls beyond pilasters; mask and scroll frieze
drawer, but no columns. Panels with satyrs standing on chimeric
birds; niches with figures of Mars and Venus upon bossed brackets.
Molded base and ball feet.
Height, 5 feet 9 inches; width, 39 inches
[See illustration on page 322]
850. Inlaid Carved Walnut Stall French Renaissance
Molded and paneled cornice enriched with vase and scrolls; high
paneled back, having medallioned bust enclosed by dolphin and
satyr mask scrollings. Scrolled open arms; molded hinged seat with
loose seat cushion of crimson velvet, trimmed with large tassels. Pan-
eled front on molded plinth. Pilasters and lower portion of back
panel inlaid with ebony and boxwood diamond motives and Roman
letters. [Restored.]
Height, 7 feet 4 inches; width, 31 inches
[See illustration on page 323]
851. Carved Walnut Cabinet a Deux Corps French Renaissance
Upper portion with molded oblong cornice; leaf-bracketed frieze,
adorned with winged putto head and flanking reclining satyrs. Front
with two paneled doors enriched with festooned putti standing within
niches, parted and flanked by fluted Corinthian columns having fruit
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848. Louis XVI Carved and Laque Bedstead with Canopy
Oblong, with molded and arched head and footboards, and square
stop-fluted uprights surmounted by round posts, supporting by iron
rods an oval canopy carved with period motives and sustaining a
two-handled vase. Round fluted tapering legs. Head and foot panels,
mattress, bolster cushion and draperies in beautiful blue and gold
striped satin, trimmed with braid and silk tassels.
Total height, 9 feet 6 inches; length, 6 feet 2 inches; width, 4 feet 2% inches
849. Carved Walnut Cabinet a Deux Corps French Renaissance
Upper portion with broken cornice and frieze enriched with oval and
oblong panels of Alps-green marble. Front enclosed with two doors
having medallions of Mars and Venus, scrolled with satyr masks;
arched pilasters with niches adorned with graceful figures of Venus
and Diana and four fluted Corinthian columns. Molded and brack-
eted base with satyr figures and central drawer. Underbody similarly,
but with chimera scrolls beyond pilasters; mask and scroll frieze
drawer, but no columns. Panels with satyrs standing on chimeric
birds; niches with figures of Mars and Venus upon bossed brackets.
Molded base and ball feet.
Height, 5 feet 9 inches; width, 39 inches
[See illustration on page 322]
850. Inlaid Carved Walnut Stall French Renaissance
Molded and paneled cornice enriched with vase and scrolls; high
paneled back, having medallioned bust enclosed by dolphin and
satyr mask scrollings. Scrolled open arms; molded hinged seat with
loose seat cushion of crimson velvet, trimmed with large tassels. Pan-
eled front on molded plinth. Pilasters and lower portion of back
panel inlaid with ebony and boxwood diamond motives and Roman
letters. [Restored.]
Height, 7 feet 4 inches; width, 31 inches
[See illustration on page 323]
851. Carved Walnut Cabinet a Deux Corps French Renaissance
Upper portion with molded oblong cornice; leaf-bracketed frieze,
adorned with winged putto head and flanking reclining satyrs. Front
with two paneled doors enriched with festooned putti standing within
niches, parted and flanked by fluted Corinthian columns having fruit
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