The sun., 1909-02-06
OLD FURNITURE SELLS HIGH
BRISK BIDDING on FOURTH
Day or DLvESN AUCTION.
,'tnc,>, Andirons and Regal Tableware
.'iract buyers David WarReid and
de dc Wolfe Among the Purchasers
Total s85 900 sale Entis To-day,

Total So5,O" "-Sale t.ntis To-day
Antiqro furniture in great variety went
A, auction Yesterday afternoon at the
Galleries IT the American Art Association.
il wa, the fourth session of the Duveen
Bios sale and the prices which were
,r,lIed were far in advance OF the record
oi any previous afternoon. The attend.
puce vas considerably larger and the
purchasers seemed more eager to get in
their lids. The proceeds for the after-
noon amounted To almost s27 100, raising
the total for tho whole sale to about t87, 600
Be,deS the furniture there " ere antique
musical Instruments, few old weapons.
some remarkable andirons and fredogs,
caadlcstlcks and candeiabra, some clocks,
marbles and bronzes. antique sanctuary
lamps wall lights and chandeliers. mirrors
and sconcc,. The furniture was Of many
kinds and OF diverse manufacture
Almost all of it was old. There were
Cnippendale tables Sheraton sideboards.
Venetian hall chairs. French Renaissance
baIete. Georgian highboys and a set Of
Italian choir stalls that dated from the
DAYS Of the Venetian republic.
The highest price OF the afternoon
Robert f. Dowling paid for regal table
centre service. lt.was Of solid silver and
git aud was made by the famous house
of p Danaux ct Gle. of Paris. II con-
sisted of six pieces, The largest was a
massive plateau six feet in length with
seven inserted mirrors. There were two
small platelus similar in design 10 the
larger piece and three decorated por-
ceIain vases with candle branches at Iched
and mounted in solid silver giit The do
sign which all six pieces carried was
done in elaborate openwor.: in tho style
Of Louis Nv, with repouSSa and chased
unament2tion. The estimated amount
of silver in the set was said 10 be l,5O0
ounces.
the bidding began at $500 ani ct frat
there was little enthusiasm Sit shortly
the bidding went up $50 at time until
it stuck at Mr.. Dowling's figure. $3.50.
shortly before the sale of the silve'
centre service numbec of ChiDTenda!e
mirrors were disposed Of. Ono OF them.
which was upward of seven feet in height
and very narrow, went ct sl31. Another
of somewhat more eIa5orgte design
brought $ii5 from I. b. Cla'G. Mr.. Dowl-
ing paid bit moro than 500 for IN Eng
lish mirror of the Georgian Te-iod. In
the same lot very large old italian COP
FER scaldino with huge dome sha. e1
- d went ohearly at 500. 1t was gor-
geously ornamented with reoousse work
in a floral scroll desigp and was OF the
rich red hue of old copper
Bidding was brisk on the .andirons an1
ire dogs. A purchaser who didn't give
his namo came forward with 1922 for
air Of aniirons done in tbs style OF
Louis XIV. and others paid sl3J e set for
more of the same era. The can 1lest cks
proved attractive also, and the biiuing
was swift. David Warfeld bought pair
of anicl abTa in the style CT Louis XNl.,
Tilted for six candles apiese. for $50. A
sct Of aEout the same height. but slightly
less elaborate. went for $3.50. TheY were
of the sane stfIe End bore has-reiie:s end
motildings of very fine work manshi7
Robert h, Downing raid $3.50 for u
Louis NN. cartel clock done III beautifully
wrought gilt ormom. 1t stood two feet
high and tn, movement was bv ihiout
Of Paris. An Urn shar ell Carrara marble
cock Of slightly later style, With a move
lnent by Julien Neliard Of Paris. rs inches
high, went to ia mes J. Fox Tor S29J.
e. !. Hudson bought the first Of tho |
marbles offered for $500 after a spirited |
contest with a dealer His purchase !
was a pair il large covered vases Of oval /
shape sculptured in Nuhian marble /
and mounted in chiselled ormou in the .
style OF Louis XVI, Mr.. Dowling bought !
with mounts and ornaments wrought in
SO ormolu and chiselled. He paid $3.50
Tor them pair Of bronze horses after
The Horses Of st. Marc" finely mod
eIied and covered with rich patina, fell
o. {. Iedyard Blair for 3aOO. A sixteenth
century bas relief from the Chappy col
lection went for $40. 1t showed the
Madonna and Child and was Of the school
OF Rossoino.
The highest price realized upon any
single piece of the furniture was for an
English seventeenth century table, a
notice of which did not appear in the
cataogle. II was so heavy that the at
tendants had difficulty in bringing it
forward so that the buyers could look
at it. F. ID. Stout paid S70O for IL.
Nernis-Martin sedan chair arranged
as clrio cabinet, but which Thomas
/. Kirby, the auctioneer, said could be
converted into a telephone booth. oc-
casoned a good deal Of rivalry among
the bidders. Somebody came forward
fIr moment IL looked as If it would go at
that figure. But three men, one OF whom
had an insistent wife, wanted it and the
price was urged up to $3.50.
Mrs, r. II. Williams bought a library
suite in the style OF Louis XIII. for 500.
he frames were deliberately carved
walnut and the upholstering was in red
silk velvet. The set consisted Of a pair
Of large high back sofas. two arm chairs
and twelve side chairs.
Miss Elsie De Wolfe bought an old
Italian extension table for $3.50. II was
Of carved walnut and dated from the
seventeenth century. An old Georgian
tlgh boy went To a dealer for $3.50. Ii
was # carved mahogany and bore the
original gilt brass mounts. Ii was in its
original state. Three fine Sheraton side
boards brought about $500 apiece. Two
OF them we're Of mahogany and the third y
was Of ~atin wood.
George Drexel Of Philadelphia paid
'9l for a very old South German cabinet.
As lar as it's age is concerned II might
have heeu used by Martin Luther. II
was of carved oak. the sculpturing in
t"'G relief in the inches and panels of the
doors The sides were oruamentcd with {
archaic scroll designs carved in relief
and tinted {
Two old French cabinets carved in ,
h'rh relief sold at 1925 and $500 Both
da,"I from the Renaissance.
no number Of pieces in the sale was
y very large and the bidding 40 vigorous
t4at the hour was late before it was com {