Sale 2645
New York
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21 June 2012
Price realised
USD 12,500
Estimate
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE BY JEAN HOLTHAUSEN, CIRCA 1770 The breakfront white-veined grey marble top with canted angles above two drawers inlaid sans tranverse on cabriole legs with lions' paws feet, stamped to the upper left corner twice J. HOLTHAUSEN and other indistinct stamps, the angle mounts 18th century and possibly associated 33¼ in. (84.5 cm) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2009, lot 82.
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