Sale 1931
New York
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17 - 18 July 2007
Price realised
USD 3,600
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A FRENCH EBONIZED AND GILT-BRASS AND ORMOLU GAMES TABLE LATE 19TH CENTURY The shaped rectangular hinged top opening to a tooled-leather playing surface with a brass etched border, the serpentine front above a pair of sham paneled drawers on cabriole legs mounted with chutes and sabots 30 in. (76 cm.) high, 32½ in. (82.5 cm.) wide, 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
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