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    European Furniture, Sculpture, Works Of Art, Tapestries And Carpets

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    22 April 2008

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    • A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND GL
    Lot 183 | PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOTS 179-219) Read more

    A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND GLASS PHOTOPHORES

    20TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 13,750

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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    A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND GLASS PHOTOPHORES
    20TH CENTURY
    Of Louis XVI style, with a cylindrical glass shade on a baluster socket and banded fluted column raised on a waisted socle and domed foliate-cast circular foot
    24¼ in. (61.5 cm.) high (2)

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    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
    (LOTS 179-219)

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