Sale 2389
New York
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14 September 2009
Price realised
USD 15,000
Estimate
A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED YELLOW SATIN SQUARE ELBOW CUSHIONS 19TH CENTURY Each of rounded square form, the sides embroidered in shades of reddish coral and blue with peony and aster roundels surrounded by bats and lotus and within borders of gold-wrapped thread, with some Peking knot details, all reserved on a yellow satin ground 9 in. (23 cm.) square (2)
Provenance
William H. Wolff, Inc., New York, May 1965.
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