Denise Boas Collection: 18th Century Art & Furniture Auction Catalog

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Auction catalog by auctioneer Etienne Ader for the Denise Boas Collection. Comprehensive inventory of 18th-century decorative arts and furniture including watercolors, drawings, and gouaches by J.-B. Mallet and Louis Moreau; old paintings by Bilcoq, Boilly, Coster, Desportes, Mlle Gérard, and Van Huysum; fine 18th-century engravings from French and English schools; Far Eastern art objects (ceramics, Coromandel lacquer screens); gilt boxes, mounted porcelains; bronze furnishings (candelabra, sconces, girandoles, clocks, candelabras, lustres, statuettes); carved wooden furniture stamped by master cabinetmakers; salon furnishings upholstered in Aubusson Royal Manufacture tapestry; and carpets. Published by Galerie Jean Charpentier, 1937. Softcover. 159 lots described with auction prices noted in margins. 72 illustrations, 36 plates. 28 x 23 cm.