Sale 2350
New York
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21 - 22 October 2010
Price realised
USD 37,500
Estimate
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD BERGERES BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CRESSON, CIRCA 1745 Each with scalloped arched incurved crest centered by a floral spray, the curved sides, padded back and loose cushion seat covered in beige and polychrome silk, with floral carved seatrail, on cabriole ending in foliate toes, with partial printed shipping label to one LAVANCHY S.A...., stamped inside front rail (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 December 1982, lot 40. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Groves; Christie's, New York, 15 October 1988, lot 109. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 1999, lot 296.
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