Sale 8289
New York, East
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26 October 1999
Price realised
USD 3,680
Estimate
A GEORGIAN MAHOGANY GAMES TABLE The shaped double hinged top opening to reveal an inlaid games top above a baize-lined games top, opening to reveal a compartmented interior, on tapering legs, ending in pad feet 29in. (74cm.) high, 31.1/3in. (80.5cm.) wide, 15in. (40cm.) deep
Provenance
Christie's New York, Important English Furniture, lot 126, January 30, 1982
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