Sale 5750
London, South Kensington
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25 January 2005
Price realised
GBP 1,200
Estimate
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY ADJUSTABLE READING STAND With a tooled leather, hinged and ratcheted top on a stop-fluted and foliate-carved pedestal and tripod base with ball-and-claw feet 19in. (49cm.) wide
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