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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 SOUTH GERMAN BIRCH, TRANSFER
    Lot 36

    A SOUTH GERMAN BIRCH, TRANSFER-PRINTED AND EBONIZED BUREAU

    SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 2,500

    Estimate

    USD 2,500 - USD 4,000

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    A SOUTH GERMAN BIRCH, TRANSFER-PRINTED AND EBONIZED BUREAU
    SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
    With a two-tiered cornice with a central drawer above a drop front with three city-scapes, which opens to reveal a mirror set into the back above a checkered surface, flanked on either side by four drawers, the base with three long drawers flanked by spreading turned columns on a stepped plinth, inscribed in black ink '676', later block feet
    49 in. (124.5 cm.) high, 41¾ in. (106 cm.) wide, 23 in. 958.5 cm.) deep

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