$3,750
gabriel viardot, circa 1900 the stepped cornice mounted with a poised dragon and with pierce carved spandrels and repeating geometric decoration above an asymmetrical body fitted with a glazed door opening to a shelved interior lined with crushed velvet, flanked by two shelves and columnar pilasters and supports, with one support raised on a figure of a heron standing atop a turtle, the lower section fitted with two aligned drawers above a cabinet door inlaid to show an insect above a flowering urn and a shelf flanked by columnar supports, raised on a bracket base, cabinet signed and dated G. Viadot/Paris/1887. Height 64 x width 33 1/2 x depth 16 3/4 inches. Property from the Kiran Stordalen Revocable Trust, Osceola, Wisconsin About Kiran Stordalen and Horst M. Rechelbacher: A pioneer in plant-based personal care and aromatherapy, Horst M. Rechelbacher was a committed environmentalist who changed the world of beauty. As a dynamic entrepreneur, he excelled in several lifetimes of pursuits including artist, organic farmer, author, speaker and passionate collector. Born during WWII in Klagenfurt, Austria, Horst worked from the age of 14 in a small neighborhood salon. Undiagnosed dyslexia pushed him to become a creative thinker with a unique perspective for problem solving, leading him to become a hairdresser's apprentice. Throughout the 1950s he won countless Junior Hairdressing Championships in Europe, followed by international awards that brought him to New York, Chicago and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2017-04-12
