Exbury House: Le Goût Rothschild  - 5th October 2022

Lot 35

WILLIAMSON (E)

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £1600

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Description

WILLIAMSON (E)

LES MEUBLES D'ART DU MOBILIER NATIONAL

two volumes, published by Baudry et Cie, Paris, late 19th century, bound by J Leighton, Brewer Street in blue Morocco with gilt tooled decoration centred by an 'AR' monogram for Alfred de Rothschild to front and back covers and repeated five times on the spine (2)

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Lady Bamflyde / Dining Room, Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Literature

Rothschild Archive, London, Manuscript: 000/174/C/3, Christie, Manson & Woods Probate Valuation of 'The Estate of Alfred C. de Rothschild, Esq. C.V.O. Deceased, Halton House Tring'. 1918. Listed as 'Williamson's Meubles d'Art, 2 vols, £10.0.0.'