Chinese Étagère Cabinet Carves Win For Burchard – Antiques And The Arts Weekly

ST PETERSBURG, FLA. — On July 21, Burchard Galleries conducted its Estate Antiques, Fine Art and Jewelry Auction, which offered items from The Mennello Foundation, which, according to the catalog, is “representing a lifelong personal collection of museum quality treasure from Marilyn and Michael Mennello, founders of The Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando, Fla.” Leading the sale was a Chinese carved, ebonized étagère display cabinet with an inset marble writing surface. Below its “ornately pierced” figural crest, the cabinet had six open shelves framed in a berry motif trim, which surrounded a central beveled glass door. It also housed two dovetail drawers, as well as two cabinet drawers in its lower half. It measured approximately 7 feet and 9½ inches tall. Bidders were not deterred by a crack in its marble, raising the cabinet to $10,455, with premium. More top selling lots from this sale will be highlighted in an upcoming issue.