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    Sale 5915

    THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

    London

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    26 February 1998

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    Lot 474

    A French ormolu-mounted salon suite

    IN THE EMPIRE STYLE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 9,200

    Estimate

    GBP 6,000 - GBP 8,000

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    A French ormolu-mounted salon suite
    In the Empire Style, Last quarter 19th Century
    Comprising a canapé, a pair of fauteuils and a pair of chaises, upholstered in a mustard velvet chenil: the canapé with a rectangular back centred by a chamfered arch, between scrolled arm supports, on shaped legs with paw feet; the fauteuils each with a rectangular back with a curved top rail, above a padded seat between a pair of padded armrests with sphere terminals, on circular tapering legs; the chaises each with a rectangular back with a pierced trellis pattern, above a padded seat, on circular tapering legs
    The canapé: 75½ in. (192 cm.) wide (5)

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