Sale 7433
London
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8 November 2007
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Price realised
GBP 8,750
Estimate
A SOUTH GERMAN WALNUT AND BURR-WALNUT ARMOIRE MID-17TH CENTURY The rectangular moulded cornice above a frieze carved with female masks and fruiting sprays, above a pair of doors each with architectural portico panels headed by scroll pediments centred by a male and a female mask respectively, above a shell-headed panel, flanked and divided by spirally-turned pilasters, the similarly panelled base carved with grotesque masks, above bun feet 95 in. (242 cm.) high; 78 in. (198 cm.) wide; 29 in. (74 cm.) deep
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Pre-Lot Text
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