Sale 2504
New York
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15 April 2011
Price realised
USD 1,875
Estimate
A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY HUMP-BACK SOFAS MODERN Each covered in close-nailed blue silk damask and with squab cushions Each: 90 in. (229 cm.) wide (2)
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