Sale 1421
New York
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14 October 2004
Price realised
USD 26,290
Estimate
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GREY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT OPEN ARMCHAIRS CIRCA 1775 Each oval framed upholstered back with padded arms and roundel terminals on bellflower-carved supports with serpentine-fronted padded seats, upholstered throughout in a striped cream cut velvet on paterae-capped fluted square tapering legs on roundel blocked tapered feet, the decoration apparently original, the seats now sprung (2)
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