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The April Thursday Morning at STAIR auction leads with Property from a New York City Collection, featuring a group of Louis XVI-style furniture, Japanese decorative arts and European School fine art.
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  • Property from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, sold to benefit The Acquisition Fund
Lot 294

Miscellaneous Group of Seven Frames

Estimate: $400 - $600
Starting Bid
$150

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Opening: 10 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (27.3 x 18.4 cm)
Rabbet: 11 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (28.2 x 20 cm)
Overall: 16 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. (42.5 x 36.2 cm)
F.49.7.24

Opening: 18 3/4 × 27 in. (47.6 × 68.6 cm)
Rabbet: 19 1/2 × 28 in. (49.5 × 71.1 cm)
Overall: 22 1/4 × 30 1/4 in. (56.5 x 76.8 cm)
F.2007.28

Opening: 13 1/2 x 19 5/8 in. (34.3 x 49.8 cm)
Rabbet: 20 1/8 x 13 7/8 in. (51.1 x 35.2 cm)
Overall: 21 5/8 x 15 1/2 in. (54.9 x 39.37 cm)
Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1962 [deaccessioned]
62.273.68

Opening: 19 × 25 1/8 in. (48.3 × 63.8 cm)
Rabbet: 20 3/4 × 26 3/4 in. (52.7 × 67.9 cm)
Overall: 27 × 33 in. (68.6 × 83.8 cm)
1988A

Opening: 8 7/16 × 13 9/16 in. (21.4 × 34.5 cm)
Rabbet: 9 1/4 × 14 1/16 in. (23.5 × 35.7 cm)
Overall: 16 1/16 × 20 15/16 in. (40.8 × 53.2 cm)
F.32.100.11

Louis XVI Frame
Opening: 13 3/8 × 18 11/16 in. (34 × 47.5 cm)
Rabbet: 14 3/16 × 19 1/2 in. (36 × 49.5 cm)
Overall: 16 9/16 × 21 7/8 × 1 in. (42 × 55.5 × 2.5 cm)
Gift of Acquavella Galleries, Inc., 2011
N.A.2011.19.209

Opening: 12 13/16 × 16 9/16 in. (32.6 × 42.1 cm)
Rabbet: 14 × 17 3/8 in. (35.5 × 44.2 cm)
Overall: 17 3/16 × 20 9/16 in. (43.7 × 52.3 cm)
F.08.136.1

Condition

The first with scattered nail holes, small age splits, a few scattered nicks, and seam separations. The second with seam separations; otherwise in good condition. The third in good overall condition, with uneven gilding, particularly along the edges of the frame. The fourth in good condition with very little wear. The fifth with scattered age splits, nicks, seam separations, and small nail holes. The sixth with scattered nicks and losses to the gilt surface, and minor seam separations. The seventh in good overall condition with very little wear. 

Notwithstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, sold to benefit The Acquisition Fund.