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Lot 3022
Italian painted bombe commode, Parish-Hadley
Sold
$900
Starting Bid: $300
Est.
$600 - $800
Live Auction
SELECT: 3 Day Auction
Description
20th c., Italy, with shaped marbleized wood top, over blue painted serpentine case with two stacked drawers set with floral cast bronze handles, the fronts and sides decorated with draped flowering branch fronds, raised on cabriole legs, 35"h x 50"l x 21"d
Condition
Good, overall surface soiling, small spots scattered paint loss, scratches **Condition reports are rendered as specialist opinion by the staff of the Auction House and not as statements of fact. We do not guarantee the content of written or verbal condition reports. The absence of a condition report does not imply that there are no condition issues with the lot. Please call us at (973) 377-1500 or e-mail info@milleabros.com with any questions about this lot at least 24 hours prior to auction.
Provenance
Furnishings from the Estate of Barbara Allen de Kwiatkowski, a Parish-Hadley Commission
Literature
Model, socialite, and Andy Warhol protege, Barbara Allen de Kwiatkowski, made her name as a young editor at Interview Magazine and as a popular subject of the Society pages. Later marrying German industrialist and polo champion Henryk de Kwiatkowski, they built a Connecticut country estate and stables, designed by architect Alan Wanzenberg and decorated by legendary interior designers Sister Parish and Albert Haley