Sale 7574
London
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24 April 2008
Price realised
GBP 1,250
Estimate
A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY BOWFRONT CORNER CUPBOARDS LATE 19TH CENTURY Each with a crossbanded top decorated with arabesques and foliage, above a panelled door decorated with arabesques, foliage and pearls issuing from a classical urn, on tapering block feet 35¼ in. (89.5 cm.) high; 25½ in. (64.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 9 December 1992, lot 571.
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