2002 Christies Fine European Furniture, Sculpture, Tapestries and Carpets, London, 11/14/02

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2002 Christies Fine European Furniture, Sculpture, Tapestries and Carpets, London, 11/14/02. This impressive auction includes beautiful tapestries such as the Flemish Teniers tapestry of the late 17th century, early 18th century, by Behagle and the Louis XIV Beauvais Hunting tapestry. The furniture section features a Dutch ivory and ebony inlaid oyster-veneered walnut, olivewood and princesswood cabinet-on-stand from the late 17th Century; and a striking Louis XVI ormolu Cartel clock, the movement by Charles Baltazar. One of the more unusual pieces is a South German polychrome painted and faux marble birdcage on stand from the 19th Century.