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    Sale 5538

    Important Mobilier et Objets d'Art, Céramiques Européennes et Orfèvrerie dont la collection d'un grand amateur européen

    Paris

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    16 December 2008

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    • COMMODE D'EPOQUE LOUIS XV
    Lot 143

    COMMODE D'EPOQUE LOUIS XV

    VERS 1750

    Price realised

    EUR 11,250

    Estimate

    EUR 6,000 - EUR 9,000

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    COMMODE D'EPOQUE LOUIS XV
    VERS 1750
    En placage d'amarante, marqueterie de branchages fleuris animée d'oiseaux, ornementation de bronze ciselé rapportée, dessus de marbre brèche d'Alep, ouvrant par deux tiroirs, reposant sur des pieds galbés
    Hauteur: 84 cm. (33¼ in.), Largeur: 80 cm. (31½ in.), Profondeur: 45 cm. (17¾ in.)

    Provenance

    Provenant d'une collection constituée entre 1930 et 1960 pour un hôtel particulier parisien, puis par descendance jusqu'à aujourd'hui.

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    Post Lot Text

    A LOUIS XV AMARANTH AND FLORAL MARQUETRY COMMODE, CIRCA 1750


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