Sale 8512
New York, Park Avenue
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30 - 31 October 1996
Price realised
USD 5,750
Estimate
A LOUIS XV/XVI BOIS SATINÉ AND AMARANTH BIBLIOTHÈQUE The molded cornice above a pair of panelled and glazed crossbanded cabinet doors enclosing shelves, on cabriole legs with foliate-cast sabots, stamped A. P. JACOT and JME three times, alteration to the veneer of doors, previously with grillwork, the shape of the glazed panels possibly altered 89in. (226cm.) high, 41in. (104cm.) wide, 16in. (41cm.) deep
Provenance
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 7 April 1984, lot 93
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