Fonsie Mealy's Chatsworth Fine Art Sale 27th & 28th September, 2022

89 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 742. A superb late 18th Century North Italian slope front Neo-classical Bureau, in the manner of Giuseppe Maggiolini, in walnut, profusely inlaid and etched with scrolling foliage, portraits, caryatids, atlantes and mythical beasts, vines and leaf swags, the slope front opening to reveal a fitted interior with shelves, drawers and a well, above three long and one mock drawer on flat bun feet, 106cms x 112cms (41½” x 43”). (1) €3,000 - €5,000 739 740 737. Jean Theodore, 19th Century French School “Madonna and Child,” tempera and gold highlight on panel, depicting crowned mother and child with winged cherubs surrounding, approx. 28cms x 22cms (11” x 8½”), inscribed on reverse. (1) €300 - €400 738. A French serpentine shaped brass mounted petite Commode, 20th Century, with oval porcelain panels, depicting figures in landscapes, one as is, the walnut and crossbanded top above four drawers, raised on cabriole legs, 82cms x 41cms (32½” x 16”). (1) €300 - €400 739. A mahogany fold-over Card Table, in the George II style, the rectangular top with rounded front projecting corners and raised on leaf capped cabriole legs, with ball n’ claw feet, 84cms(33”)w. (1) €450 - €650 740. A 19th Century woollen Tapestry, depicting a Middle Eastern Scene with Gentleman on camel-back in native attire with figure to the foreground, possibly Henry Stanley (Explorer), approx. 122cms x 122cms (48” x 48”), as a fabric, w.a.f. (1) €300 - €400 741. A very attractive marquetry inlaid LadiesWriting Desk or Bonheur de Jour, early 20th Century, the Neo-classical inlay with urns and floral swags, the upper section with a three-quarter pierced brass gallery, above an arrangement of four drawers and two cupboard doors, a fold-over writing surface with tooled leather inset above a long frieze drawer, on square tapering inlaid legs united by a shaped stretcher, 107cms x 85cms (42” x 33”). (1) €700 - €1100 741