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Pottier and Stymus Center Table

Pottier and Stymus gilded center table with ganache decorated skirt. The top of the table is a single piece of onyx. Circa 1868. Dimensions: 32.25"h x 56"l x 34.25"w. Provenance: A similar table is seen in the drawing room of the Cornelia M. Stewart (A.T. Stewart) house, N.Y.C. as pictured in "The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age, Lewis, Turner and McQuillin, pp. 35", Estate of William B. Ruger, Jr. One of the most prominent and largest American design and manufacturing firms of high quality furniture of the Victorian period, Pottier & Stymus produced furniture in the Neo-Greco, Renaissance Revival, Egyptian Revival, and Modern Gothic styles. The company supplied furniture to the President's office and the Cabinet Room in the White House in 1869, and for the homes of such well-to-do families as the Rockefellers and railway baron Leland Stanford.  For shipping quote, please contact box Brothers Sacramento at boxbrosacto@gmail.com

Condition:

Conserved to museum standards by Mark Adams.

Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
Price Realized Including Buyer's Premium
$51,425
01/16/2020

 

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