Sale 2090
New York
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22 April 2008
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOTS 179-219)
Price realised
USD 13,750
Estimate
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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