601 FIRE SET OF STEEL IN PART 16TH CENTURY Composed of tall andirons with torch holders, poker, fire tongs and two shovels. The fire tools with handsome fleur-de-lisé handles. Height of andirons, 31 inches From the Spitzer legacies. Inventory No. 4691. 602 FOLDING X-CHAIR OF THE RENAISSANCE FRENCH, 16TH CENTURY Of carved walnut and ebonized pearwood, with sloping back, the ride rails crested by lions bearing shields. The back ajouré with twisted columns of ebonized pearwood and the pediment rail carved in front with a Solomon Judgment of most whimsical conception. The seat covered with rose-colored cut and uncut velvet and with tassels. Illustrated and described in « La Collection Spitzer », Paris, 1891, vol. 2, p. 102, No. 62, Color Plate 7. SALE, PARIS, 1893, CATALOGUE NUMBER 730; Atlas, Plate XIX. 603 FOLDING X-CHAIR OF THE RENAISSANCE FRENCH, 16TH CENTURY Similar to the preceding. The back with two arcaded rows of ebon-ized balusters and crested by head rail with another, but equally entertaining, version of a Solomon Judgment. Illustrated and described in « La Collection Spitzer », Paris, 1891, vol. 2, p. 102, No. 63, Color Plate 7. SALE, PARIS, 1893, CATALOGUE NUMBER 731; Atlas, Plate XIX. 301
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