• Christie's Interiors auction at Christies

    Sale 5695

    Christie's Interiors

    London, South Kensington

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    13 April 2010

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    Lot 307

    A PAIR OF FRENCH CHESTNUT CONSOLE TABLES AND MIRRORS

    LATE 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 9,375

    Estimate

    GBP 2,500 - GBP 4,000

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    A PAIR OF FRENCH CHESTNUT CONSOLE TABLES AND MIRRORS
    LATE 19TH CENTURY
    En suite with lots 304 to 308 carved throughout with foliage, trophies and figures, each oval bevelled mirror surmounted by a portrait medallion and with reclining robed figures at its base, the tables each with a variegated green marble top above a pierced frieze hung with floral swags and supported by standing female figures and turned feet, losses
    The mirrors 74 x 42 in. (188 x 107 cm.); The tables 35½ in. (90 cm.) high; 44 in. (104 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep (4)

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