Sale 2090
New York
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22 April 2008
Price realised
USD 21,250
Estimate
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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