Sale 2090
New York
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22 April 2008
Price realised
USD 3,500
Estimate
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE FIRE SURROUND 19TH/20TH CENTURY The rectangular top with an ormolu bound edge above a paneled frieze and scrolled supports flanking a cast iron panel depicting Venus with an attendant Cupid, the side panels with ladies in Eighteenth century dress, on a paneled hearthstone, together with a while and grey veined marble fireplace surround, broken 44 in. (112 cm.) high, 71¼ in. (181 cm.) wide, 12½ in. (32 cm.) deep
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY OF MRS. BARBARA PIASECKA JOHNSON, THE PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT THE INSTITUTE FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN GDANSK, POLAND (LOTS 61-74)
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