Sale 5507
Paris
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30 January 2008
Price realised
EUR 1,875
Estimate
MEUBLE BUFFET DU XIXEME SIECLE En acajou et placage d'acajou mouluré, de forme rectangulaire, ouvrant par deux vantaux découvrant un tiroir et une étagère, reposant sur quatre petits pieds fuselés, garniture de marbre gris veiné blanc; fente sur un vantail, petits éclats au placage Hauteur: 104 cm. (41 in.), Largeur: 149 cm. (58 5/8 in.), Profondeur: 57 cm. (22½ in.)
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