Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

282 A Gallé ‘Fern’ glass cameo table lamp, circa 1920 in shades of red, green and cream, the mushroom- shaped shade resting on three outswept supports, the baluster stem rising from a spreading circular foot, the shade and stem signed in cameo Gallé, fitted for electricity, 37cm high R60 000 - 80 000 *We do not guarantee electrical fittings 283 A French kingwood, mahogany and gilt-metal-mounted bureau plat, late 19th century the shaped top with rounded corners inset with a red leather writing surface above a frieze drawer flanked by a pair of short drawers, on cabriole legs with paw feet, 77,5cm high, 136,5cmwide, 62,5cm deep R15 000 - 20 000 284 A Louis XV style walnut writing desk the rectangular top inlaid with a gilt-tooled brown leather writing surface enclosed by a three-quarter pierced brass gallery, above a pair of panelled frieze drawers each carved with leaf-and-berry motifs, raised on tapering fluted legs and toupie feet, applied retailer’s label ‘Mercier Frères, A meublements de style, 100 Faubourg St Antoine, 100, Paris’, 78cm high, 115cmwide, 67cm deep R15 000 - 20 000 282 283 284 95