Sale 3786
New York
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31 March 2016
Price realised
USD 3,250
Estimate
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY GUERIDON CIRCA 1765 With galleried circular top inset with a spray of flowers above a frieze drawer, on cabriole legs joined by a conforming under-tier, on later sabots 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high, 12 ½ in. (31.5 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Acquired from Bensimon, Paris, in 1964. Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection.
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