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A PAIR OF GILT AND POLYCHROME CHAIRS
CIRCA 1920, BY ALBERT RATEAU (1882-1938)
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A PAIR OF GILT AND POLYCHROME CHAIRS
CIRCA 1920, BY ALBERT RATEAU (1882-1938)
Carved with wrapped foliage, upholstered with green velvet, one stamped A.A. RATEAU 1861, each with partial original paper labels
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This lot is offered without reserve.
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Lot Essay
This model is illustrated in F. Olivier-Vial and F. Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau: Un Baroque Chez les Modernes, Paris, 1992, p. 86.