Sale 3786
New York
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31 March 2016
Price realised
USD 4,000
Estimate
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV WALNUT FAUTEUILS AND A PAIR OF BEECHWOOD TABOURETS MID-18TH CENTURY Each fauteuil with flower-carved frame and outscrolled arms, the padded back and seat upholstered in blue floral silk, on cabriole legs, previously caned, the similar tabourets upholstered en suite
Provenance
Acquired from Seligmann & Cie., Paris, in 1962 (the tabourets). Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection.
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