Sale 1182
New York
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26 November 2002
Price realised
USD 15,535
Estimate
A CARVED WALNUT DESK Maurice Dufrene, circa 1913 Central shallow drawer flanked by two drawers, extending leaves on either side, gilt bronze shell form handles 29¾in. (80cm.) high, 51¼in. (130cm.) wide, 33in. (83.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Mr. Paul Watel Christie's King Street, British and Continental Decorative Arts From 1850 to the Present Day, 3 November 1999, lot 158
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cf: Alastair Duncan, op.cit., Woodbridge, 1996, p. 166 (Similar example illustrated at the Salon d'Automne, 1912); Peter Thornton, Authentic Decor. The Domestic Interior 1620-1920, London, 1993, p. 381, pl. 520
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