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JOSEPH BORDES (FRENCH, 1773 - AFTER 1835)
A pair of miniatures: a young lady, in black off-the-shoulders dress, dark upswept hair dressed in curls; together with a gentleman, probably her husband, in dark blue coat, black waistcoat, tied white cravat, dark hair and sideburns
she, signed and dated 'Bordes 1820' (mid-right); he, signed and dated 'Bordes 1820' (mid-left)
on ivory
ovals, 3½ in. (90 mm.) high, gilt-metal mounts (2)
A pair of miniatures: a young lady, in black off-the-shoulders dress, dark upswept hair dressed in curls; together with a gentleman, probably her husband, in dark blue coat, black waistcoat, tied white cravat, dark hair and sideburns
she, signed and dated 'Bordes 1820' (mid-right); he, signed and dated 'Bordes 1820' (mid-left)
on ivory
ovals, 3½ in. (90 mm.) high, gilt-metal mounts (2)
Special notice
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