Sale 2414
New York
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21 January 2011
Price realised
USD 16,250
Estimate
A PAIR OF ROCOCO REVIVAL CARVED AND LAMINATED ROSEWOOD SIDE CHAIRS ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN HENRY BELTER (1804-1863), NEW YORK, 1850-1860 39½ in. high (2)
Provenance
Virginia Carroll Crawford High Museum, Atlanta Sold, Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, 19 February 2005, lot 517
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Literature
Richard and Eileen Dubrow, American Furniture of the 19th Century: 1840-1880 (New York, 1983), p. 74.
Pre-Lot Text
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