Adam's At Home Auction Sunday June 17th, 2018

113 417 AN IRISH MARBLE TOPPED SERPENTINE SIDE TABLE, C.1830, the mottled marble top with simulated malachite banding above a ropetwist frieze with carved cabouchon, and elaborate cabriole legs, each headed by bold lion masks over acanthus leaves, terminating in paw and disk feet. 79cm high, 136cm wide, 53.5cm deep Provenance: William Randolph Hearst, Sale of his Collection, Parke-Bernet, New York, 5-7 January 1939, No. 356 According to the Archive Directory of The Frick Collection, Parke-Bernet Auctioneers were purchased by Sotheby & Co in 1964 after becoming America’s largest auction house. € 8,000 - 10,000 William Randolph Hearst (1863 –1951) was an American businessman, politician, and newspaper pub- lisher. He established the nation’s largest newspaper chain and media company Hearst Communications, which at the height of its power owned nearly thirty newspapers in major cities across the United States. Hearst is renowned for his somewhat flamboyant methods of ‘yellow journalism’, a term used to describe or deride journalism and associated newspapers whose news stories lack in-depth research and report- ing. This style of writing hugely influenced the nation’s popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human-interest stories. Hearst was also involved in politics, he was twice elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Represen- tatives and ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States in 1904, Mayor of New York City in 1905 and 1909 and for Governor of New York in 1906. A keen art collector, over his lifetime Hearst amassed an extensive array of artwork, Spanish and Italian furniture, oriental carpets and a comprehensive library of books and manuscripts. In 1925, he purchased St. Donat’s Castle, the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, which sits on the cliffs overlooking the Bristol Channel. Hearst set about restoring the medieval structure, often buying entire rooms from castles and palaces in Europe. His famous mansion Hearst Castle, located on Central Coast of California, is now State Historical Monument and a National Historic Landmark.