Strauss & co - 10 - 11 May 2020, Cape Town

273 A French Empire style mahogany and brass-bound partners’ desk, 19th century the rectangular top with re-entrant corners with a gilt-tooled green leather inset writing surface, above a central deep frieze drawer flanked by four graduated drawers, the opposing side with panelled doors each enclosing a later shelf, between fluted columns, panelled sides, raised on ring-turned tapering legs, restorations, some loss, 77cm high, 152cmwide, 80cm deep R25 000 - 30 000 274 A French kingwood and gilt-metal-mounted occasional table, late 19th/early 20th century the radiating-veneered circular top above a frieze drawer applied with Bacchanalian and Pan figures with garlands of ribbon-tied swags, on cabriole legs with leaf-and-claw sabots, 75cm high, 80,5cm diameter R10 000 - 15 000 275 A French Empire style mahogany and gilt-metal- mounted recamier, 19th century with padded back, seat and foot support, with swan-neck supports, the frieze centred by a pair of winged mythical beasts flanked by stars, raised on winged lion-mask restrained cabriole legs, on sabot paw feet, with two loose bolsters, repair, 70,5cm high, 89,2cmwide, 188cm long R15 000 - 20 000 273 274 275 64