Sale 2690
New York
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2 - 3 April 2013
PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Price realised
USD 1,875
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A PAIR OF FRENCH GILTWOOD CHAISES, 19TH CENTURY, bearing the spurious stamp G*IACOB 36¼in. (92cm.) high, the slightly higher (2)
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Mary Weir Kosinski, 1963.
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