Sale 2601
New York
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29 - 30 November 2012
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JANICE NEWMAN ROSENTHAL (LOTS 104-128)
Price realised
USD 110,500
Estimate
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TRIANGULAR TEA/WRITING TABLE CIRCA 1750 With a triple foldover top enclosing a polished surface, and further opening to a tooled green leather-lined surface adjacent to an interior fitted with pen wells and compartments, with a slender mahogany-lined swiveling frieze drawer to each side, bearing a label inscribed COLLECTION C.D. ROTCH 67, the drawer inscribed 763 28¾ in. (73 cm.) high, 39¼ in. (100 cm.) wide, 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Claude D. Rotch, Esq., The Elms, Surrey.
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For further information on the renowned collector Claude Rotch, see the footnote to lot 105.
Pre-Lot Text
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