Sale 5915
London
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26 February 1998
Price realised
GBP 1,495
Estimate
A giltwood armchair In the Egyptian Revival Style, Early 20th Century The serpentine shaped back raised with three figures on a barge, with a cat and other symbols and hieroglyphics, between a pair of shaped arm supports pierced with standing figures and seat of interwoven twine, on two pairs of monopodia, joined by a turned stretcher
Provenance
Ramsay McDonald, probably acquired about 1924, thence by descent.
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Saleroom Notice
This lot may be dated late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Ramsay MacDonald, probably acquired about 1924, thence by descent.
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