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"Diana Dollar Knowles Auction at Christie's New York\nChristie's New York will auction treasures from the society staple's San Francisco home on October 22\nSeveral of the furnishings in the Knowles residence bear interesting provenance. Made of painted and gilded wood, this pair of 73-inch long banquettes in the Baroque style were among the furnishings of Luttrellstown Castle, the Irish residence of Guinness-beer heiress Aileen Plunket. They were likely supplied, and possibly designed, by her interior decorator, Felix Harbord, a noted classicist whose clients included Lee Radziwill. Knowles acquired them in 1983; they are expected to bring $5,000 to $8,000.\nMade for the Danish market, this 18th-century Chinese export chest of drawers is encircled in Asian landscapes. Gilded pilasters detail the front corners, the drawer pulls resemble clouds, and the feet feature lion's heads. It is expected to bring as much as $80,000.\nYellow was a constant in Diana Dollar Knowles's San Francisco house, from citron velvet sofas to lemon-color orchids to these four examples of 19th-century Chinese glass. Cranes fly above a crashing sea on the nine-inch-tall carved vases; the small cups are ornamented with flowers. The four pieces are expected to bring $3,000 to $5,000.\nAcquired from the antiquaire Bernard Steinitz in 2000, these R\u00E9gence armoires are among the grandest examples of chinoiserie in the Knowleses's San Francisco residence. Bearing the stamp of \u00E9b\u00E8niste Pierre Denizot (a favorite of Louis XVI's brothers, the Comte d'Artois and the Comte de Provence), the circa-1725 amaranth-wood cabinets are paneled with lacquer landscapes depicting hunters on horseback amid wooded mountains; one panel shows them bringing down what appears to be a tiger. They are expected to bring $80,000 to $120,000.\nThis charcoal-on-paper landscape is by Francis McComas (1874\u20131938), a Tasmania-born artist who settled in California at the end of the 19th century. Though the Christie's catalogue gives the work the vague title \"Hillside Dwelling,\" it appears to be the cliff-hugging Spanish town of Ronda, which McComas visited in the early 20th century. The work on paper is expected to bring $4,000 to $6,000.\nFrom the 1960s through the 1980s, this pair of Louis XV carved and gilded walnut chaises \u00E0 la reine stood in the living room of one of America's most celebrated homes\u2014the Palm Beach villa of philanthropists Jayne and Charles Wrightsman, which had been decorated by Jansen and, later, by Denning &amp;amp; Fourcade. The Knowleses acquired the chairs at Sotheby's in 1984 for $40,000; surprisingly, they're expected to bring only $6,000 to $9,000. (The upholstery is the same fabric ordered for them by Mrs. Wrightsman and Denning &amp;amp; Fourcade: M\u00E9nars by Brunschwig &amp;amp; Fils.)\nThis crown-topped Venetian-glass mirror (sold as a pair), date unknown, was found at Garrick Stephenson's gallery in New York City in 1982. They are estimated to bring $50,000\u2013100,000.\nChristie's suggests that this pair of ormolu-mounted marble pedestals may be the work of the famous bronzier Pierre Gouthi\u00E8re (1732\u2013circa 1813). Technically known as a ciseleur-doreur, a carver of gold and wood, Gouthi\u00E8re was one of his era's star craftsmen, with clients such as Madame du Barry, the duc d'Aumont, the duchesse de Mazarin, and the Comte d'Artois (later Charles X of France). The variegated-marble pedestals, each a little more than three feet tall, sport floral swags. They are expected to bring $30,000\u201350,000.\nDiana Dollar Knowles's house on Lake Tahoe was a dramatically different stylistic statement than her Francophile San Francisco mansion. Michael Taylor decorated its pale rooms with pine and oak furniture of his own design, as well as furnishings incorporating antlers. About 21 inches high, these occasional tables are topped with thick travertine disks and are estimated at $800\u2013$1,200.\nDiana Dollar Knowles acquired this Meiji-period lacquer \u00E9tag\u00E8re from the Paris antiquaire Bernard Steinitz in 1998. Made in Japan sometime around 1900, the red-lacquer display piece was used by Mrs. Knowles to hold more than two dozen small objects, including snuff bottles, jade objects, and ceramic bowls and figurines. It is estimated to bring $5,000\u2013$8,000.\nJean-Baptiste Lelarge (1743\u20131803), a fashionable Paris menuisier, created this Louis XVI gilt-wood wing chair around 1775, the year he was appointed a ma\u00EEtre, or master. Christie's expects it to bring between $5,000 and $8,000.\nThese charming 33-inch-tall gueridons, which Mrs. Knowles purchased at Frederick P. Victoria in 1983, marry mid-18th-century German gilt-wood bases in the form of palm trees to inlaid marble disks of unknown provenance. Christie's estimate is $20,000\u201330,000.\nThis leather-cushioned chair made of antlers and deer legs is expected to bring $1,000 to $1,500.\nDiana and Gorham Knowles acquired this 12-panel Coromandel-lacquer folding screen from New York City dealer Garrick Stephenson in 1983. The front of the Chinese-made screen depicts a polychrome scene from a tale known as \"A Bed-full [sic] of Tablets.\" The reverse, which usually faces a wall, is given over to a striking calligraphic dedication. It is expected to bring $200,000\u2013$300,000."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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