Sale 7540
London
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6 March 2008
Price realised
GBP 17,300
Estimate
AN AUSTRIAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED EBONISED BOOKCASE CIRCA 1820-40, PROBABLY VIENNESE With four glazed doors flanked by half-column uprights surmounted with foliate capitals, enclosing shelves, above four cupboard doors enclosing shelves 86 in. (218.5 cm.) high; 81 in. (205.5 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep
Provenance
With Prince Philip von Hohenlohe Design, New York.
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