Sale 2690
New York
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2 - 3 April 2013
Price realised
USD 20,000
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE GILTWOOD AND SILVERED CHAISES, CIRCA 1810-15, two stamped JACOB, two stamped JACOB D RUE MESLEE, each bearing the label LLOYD PAXTON WORKS OF ART, minor differences in construction (4)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 26 March 1993, lot 120.
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François-Honoré-Georges Jacob and Georges Jacob used the stamp Jacob D R Meslee between 1803-1813.
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Pre-Lot Text
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