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FOSTER-GWIN, INC.
38 Hotaling Place
San Francisco, CA   94111
Telephone: (415) 397-4986
Fax:   (415) 397-4988
  Click here to email FOSTER-GWIN, INC.
  www.fostergwin.com
Contacts: S. Collier Gwin President
Areas of Specialization:   16th - 18th Century Continental Furniture and Works of Art, Antiquities and Contemporary Painting.
Established:   1984
FINE ENGLISH ROMANESQUE PERIOD LIMESTONE CORBEL HEAD<br><br>Late 12th Century<br> 14 1/2 ins. High x 9 1/4 ins. wide x 7 ins. deep <br><br> Provenance: Sir Francis Hill (1899-1980), a leading historian of Lincoln and Lincolnshire, and the third Chancellor of the University of Nottingham. Sir Francis discovered this piece whilst excavating the site of Saint Peter at Arches, when the 18th century successor of the old church was taken down in 1933. Other fragments of 12th century work were found in the foundations.
FINE PAIR OF NORTHERN ITALIAN BAROQUE PERIOD WALNUT AND BURL TWO-PIECE CABINETS <br><br> Each of architectural form with a step-molded cornice above two long doors flanked by volute-topped stiles and over a single deep drawer resting on a molded base with bracket feet; each decorated on the front and sides with raised burl panels incorporating ebonized oblongs having corners with re-entering angles typical of the seventeenth century. Fine burls and color. <br>17th Century<br> 72
HASSEL SMITH <br>(American b.1915-2006)<br> The Houston Scene<br><br> signed, titled, and dated 59 and inscribed upper right: To Kathryn & Bailey Swensen<br> oil on canvas<br>69 ins x 118 ins<br><br> Provenance: The Artist<br> Kathryn & Bailey Swensen<br>Charles Thomas (cousin to above)<br>Descended James Thomas (brother to above)<br><br>Exhibited: New Arts Gallery, Houston, TX 1959
RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL VENETIAN ROCOCO PERIOD RED CHINOISERIE FALL-FRONT DESK, the upper section with a fall-front surmounted by a sarcophagus (or pagoda) shaped top and with shaped sides opening to reveal a writing surface with five shaped drawers; the bottom section with three long drawers flanked by canted stiles leading to elegantly shaped sides resting on a molded base with toupie feet. Decorated overall with exceptionally fine Chinoiserie depicting fanciful country scenes with pagodas, boats, and people pursuing all sorts of leisure time activities. Third Quarter 18th Century<br> 67
ITALIAN BAROQUE PERIOD WALNUT CREDENZA; the molded rectangular top over a frieze with three paneled drawers each flanked by a carved volute above three paneled doors each flanked by a fluted pilaster with an ionic swag capital; the end drawers and doors each slightly recessed and the whole restring on a molded base.<br><br>17th Century <br>83
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