Catalogue of a selected portion of the renowned collection of pictures and drawings formed by the comte Greffulhe and sold by order of the comtesse Greffulhe and of the duc and duchesse de Gramont. [ Sotheby & Co., auction catalogue, sale date: 22 July 1937 ].

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Green printed wrappers, small 4to, 25 cm, 64 pp, 35 plates. The highlighted material comprised: "Chinese and Continental Porcelain, mostly with fine ormolu mounts Vases; Candelabra and Decorative Objects, mounted in fine ormolu; A Garniture de Cheminee, after Falconet, from the collection of Marie Antoinette; a superb terra cotta bust of Sabine Houdon, circa 1790 by Antoine Houdon; Louis XV and Louis XVI Clocks and Furniture of the highest quality; two magnificent sets of chairs covered In Beauvais Tapestry; a Beauvais Tapestry Screen with a Watteau subject; Superb Beauvais and Gobelins Tapestries after Boucher, Oudry, Van Orley, etc.; a Savonnerie Carpet with the arms of Louis XVI Two Fine Antique Herat Carpets, Etc." From the catalogue introduction: ".we feel that the descriptions and illustrations which follow may be left to speak for themselves, recording as they do the essential features of a collection where paintings and drawings met in harmony and on an equal footing with tapestries, bronzes and furniture, some pieces of which may be traced back to the possession of the French Royal House and more particularly of Marie Antoinette." Closed 5 cm tear to front wrapper along hinge, contents priced in pencil generally with the buyers' names and sometimes also those of the underbidders. Good. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-46847

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