Sale 1137
New York
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29 October 2002
Price realised
USD 15,535
Estimate
A Louis XVI style carved breche violette marble chimney-piece Circa 1880 The rectangular shelf with moulded edge, above a plain frieze centred by a panelled tablet carved with a floral festoon, the end blocks each with a foliate rosette, above acanthus-carved scrolled volute jambs, on block feet, with bolection-moulded inner frame, on rectangular slate-backed hearth 49in. (124.4cm.) high; 80in. (203.2cm.) wide; 10 7/8in. (27.6cm.) deep The hearth: 70¼in. (178.4cm.) wide; 21 3/8in. (54.3cm.) deep
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