Sale 5444
London, South Kensington
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4 June 2008
Price realised
GBP 2,000
Estimate
Giuseppe Barbieri (Italian, 1746-1806) Six studies of neo-classical furniture one inscribed 'dame no mi piace' (lower left) and further indistinctly inscribed (upper left) pencil, pen and brown ink and wash 7½ x 10½ in. (19 x 26.7 cm.) (6)
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