Lot 147
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A carved, painted and gilded wood curved rectangular panel
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A carved, painted and gilded wood curved rectangular panel

LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A carved, painted and gilded wood curved rectangular panel
LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
With scrolling foliate motifs and Rococo decoration overall
49 x 33¼in. (124.5 x 84.4cm.)
And another smaller fragmentary panel (2)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis This lot is subject to Collection and Storage charges

Lot Essay

These panels were reputedly removed from the ballroom of the mansion of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, on New York's Fifth Avenue, on its demolition in 1926. The interior had been based on the magnificent Louis XV panelling in the Hotel de Valois in Paris, (now the Bank of France).

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