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    Sale 2090

    European Furniture, Sculpture, Works Of Art, Tapestries And Carpets

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    22 April 2008

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    • A SET OF TEN ITALIAN CREAM AND
    Lot 192

    A SET OF TEN ITALIAN CREAM AND RED-PAINTED WALNUT DINING CHAIRS

    EIGHT MID-18TH CENTURY, TWO OF A LATER DATE

    Price realised

    USD 21,250

    Estimate

    USD 10,000 - USD 15,000

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    A SET OF TEN ITALIAN CREAM AND RED-PAINTED WALNUT DINING CHAIRS
    EIGHT MID-18TH CENTURY, TWO OF A LATER DATE
    Each with an arched cartouche back centered with a shell and a serpentine seat covered in bone suede above a pierced apron centered with a C-scroll and foliage on cabriole legs ending in scrolled toes, redecorated, some with traces of an earlier green-painted scheme (10)

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