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Lot 262

Venetian Carved Painted and Gilt Blackamoor Figural Hanging Shelf

Estimate: $500 - $700
Current Bid
$450

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Italian, late 19th century, the shaped top with carved curtain form edge, female blackamoor figure with drapery background, brightly painted and gilt, 27 x 17-1/2 x 10-1/2 in.

Provenance: By Descent in the Fahnestock and Michalis Families, New York

Collected and enjoyed by three generations of a prominent New York family, the following art and objects were housed in the family residences in the Villard Houses on Madison Avenue, Fahnestock Park in the Hudson Valley, and their Summer house in Garrison, New York. The family enjoyed sailing and collected with that passion in mind, acquiring the Buttersworth paintings and other marine art largely in the 1960s and 1970s. Other fine art and objects from this storied family are also included in this auction.

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By Descent in the Fahnestock and Michalis Families, New York

Collected and enjoyed by three generations of a prominent New York family, the following art and objects were housed in the family residences in the Villard Houses on Madison Avenue, Fahnestock Park in the Hudson Valley, and their Summer house in Garrison, New York. The family enjoyed sailing and collected with that passion in mind, acquiring the Buttersworth paintings and other marine art largely in the 1960s and 1970s. Other fine art and objects from this storied family are also included in this auction.

crack and repair to curtain backdrop with some associated retouch, other scattered paint retouch to gilding, other minor surface distress