Date: Tue 03-Mar-1998

Publication: Ant

Author: JUDYC

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Doyle

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English/Continental At Doyle

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NEW YORK CITY -- William Doyle Galleries' recent auction, Important English &

Continental Furniture & Decorations, brought a total of $2.08 million. The

overall selling rate was 91 percent, with 77 percent of all lots achieving

prices within or above the estimates.

Contributing to this success was the exceptional estate of Zayde B. Rennolds

of Quaker Hill, N.Y. Assembled at the turn of the century, the Rennolds

collection was made up of important tapestries, Italian Baroque furniture and

decorations, as well as several English pieces, such as a set of 18 George II

style carved mahogany dining chairs, which sold to an anonymous telephone

bidder for $57,500 (est $30/50,000).

Strong prices were also generated for Italian Baroque walnut furniture, as

reflected in $14,950 ($6/9,000) for a refectory table, $17,250 (est $4/6,000)

for a red-Japanned slantfront desk, and $13,800 (est $1/1,500) for an

occasional table.

Telephone bidders from Europe competed for Italian decorative items in the

Renaissance style. A pair of bronze seven-light candelabra sold for $21,850

(est $6/9,000), and a circular glazed terra-cotta relief in the style of the

della Robbia workshop, depicting the Madonna and the Christ Child within a

wreath of fruits and foliage, took $18,400 (est $8/12,000).

Several Sixteenth Century Flemish Biblical tapestries with a Rennolds

provenance proved popular, evidenced by $27,600 ($12/18,000) achieved for one

from the story of Moses and the $17,250 (est $12/18,000) paid by a private

collector for another depicting a maiden in her garden.

English and Continental furniture and decorations from a variety of other

estates and private owners found favor with mostly European buyers. An

anonymous telephone bidder acquired Nineteenth Century Anglo-Indian carved

rosewood armchairs for $34,500 (est $4/6,000), while a Regency inlaid mahogany

writing desk, circa 1820, doubled the pre-sale estimate at $18,400. Italian

walnut furniture in a variety of styles included a Baroque credenza, which

fetched $24,150 (est $4/6,000), a Rococo inlaid desk, $20,700 (est $6/9,000),

and a Neoclassical inlaid armoire, $17,250 (est $8/12,000).

A Regency giltwood and part ebonized convex mirror sold for $23,000 (est

$4/6,000) and a pair of gilt-bronze mounted bisque candlestick lamps brought

$48,875 (est $2/4,000). A Fifteenth Century carved painted and parcel-gilt

figure of the Virgin, possibly Flemish, evoked spirited competition between

the trade and a private collector, who finally placed the successful bid of

$23,000 (est $4/6,000). A late Nineteenth Century Amritsar carpet from north

India doubled expectations at $68,500.

For additional information, 212/427-4141.