New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-28
THE DUVEEN SALE
!. Rich Collection of Furniture and
Other Objects.

many years the firm Of Duveen Brothers
= neen conspicuous among the art dealers OF
pAo work. London and Paris Through its hands
~ have passed some of the most important
ss now In divers American collections and it
- held 10 a good standard in assembling the
,,.,,atnous objects exposed for sale in its estab-
DA,snts The Duveens have now placed view
re American Art Galleries, and are offer
a. auction there. what we take to be their
~, York stock great quantity of miscellaneous
auctions of craftsmanship and There are
wi a thousand numbers in the catalogue The
-, begins next Tuesday afternoon and con-
u.s for four days thereafter.
-hers are some admirable porcelains In this col
,,on especially among the decorated pieces
- .he examples of blue and white. The tapes
-. snd textiles generally also include much that
a heeIstffui But it is in the department of furni-
= and wood carving that the DuVeens are es-
s,ssux rich. The collector who is forever de-
s--e5 from obtaining such a masterpiece of
o.bsn and Reisener the famous Bureau du
- in Louvre, may at least find consolation in
-. reproduction OF great original which is here
.noun the item justly catalcgued (No. SSSg) as a
,nt,ous- Louis Quatorze desk. 1t is masnifi-
-. niece Of furniture. There is more than one
;.oe Of reproductive work in the collection, but
.A.r. is no lack of antiques, some of them, indeed
,,4,ps of high value. There Is. for example the
tnnosing seventeenth century Italian cassone tNo
~ END directly across the room from this
o.,,ss upon handsome old Dutch settee CNo.
sa nravely decorated with armarial bearings.
There are numerous screens Of great elegance.
.ronr them q stately pair (No. Ss9), decorated
-1,h nestoraI motives in the char1nngly sophisti-
s,sd vein Of the eighteenth century in France, by
ma, courtiy painter, Van Loo. OF utilitarian
-u-,ose whatever but invaluable as decorations is
=. nair of Louis Quatorze sphinxes (No SD
rsrved in wood. gilded and set forth with perfect
,rnsidary o-narlentation.
These sphinxes characteristic OF a large
sn.ount OF material possessed by the Duveens
They not only offer opportunities TO the searcher
sf,er the right desk. chair. table other adapta
he object: they appeal also to those who may be
Manning a hail or room from the beginning. and
are booking for pieces to build into some ensemble
hassd on the style Of an historic period. To such
possible competitors at the sale there may be COM
rea5ed the Italian Renaissance doorways and
mantepleces. some Of which remain exhibition
st The firms Fifth avenue place These are beauti-
tu specimens Of epoch in craftsmanship which
was distinguished alike by manual dexterity and
hy creative power in design. WIKI them should
be mentioned certain Iuxuriantly carved Spanish
columns Of wood (Nos SO and $50, and several
miscellaneous pieces such as Rossini's harpsichord
NO SD. the beautiful French sedan chair (No.
$50 and the rair OF old Italian lecterns CNos. 500
and So. Il is however, impossible to enumerate
ali Of the worthy objects in this collection, the
azores OF tapestried pillows, old vestments and
fragments of velvet, the weapons and musical in
strUments the clocks and candlesticks. the sane
fusry lamps the mirrors sconces. and so on. The
examples of pictorial ano plastic art of no
great moment, but they embrace some interesting
souvenirs Of the past notably a charming Ma
donna and Child.'' sixteenth century Italian re-
Bsf Decidedly. with the dispersal of the Talbot
Taylor collection Of furniture and of this Du-
architect. decorator and amateur are all in great