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    Sale 4960

    European Furniture, Works of Arts, Tapestries and Carpets

    London, South Kensington

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    12 September 2006

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    • A FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED BR
    Lot 519

    A FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRUM

    OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 3,000

    Estimate

    GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,000

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    A FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRUM
    OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
    The bifurcating branches held aloft by scantilly draped youth on a shaped cipollino marble plinth, the bronze inscribed to reverse 'Godard/fecit/1791'
    31½in. (80cm.) high

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