Sale 2414
New York
|
21 January 2011
Price realised
USD 6,250
Estimate
A FEDERAL FIGURED MAPLE AND PAINT-DECORATED WORK TABLE THE PAINT DECORATION SIGNED BY SUSAN LAMSON, NEW ENGLAND, DATED 1820 Painted Susan Lamson/1820; the sides decorated with bucolic scenes, one titled View on the Delaware, 28¼ in. high, 20 in. wide, 16¼ in. deep
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