Sale 8512
New York, Park Avenue
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30 - 31 October 1996
Price realised
USD 9,200
Estimate
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT APPLIQUES Each with berried foliate-scroll arms ending in similarly cast bobêches and drips pans on a similarly cast base 26½in. (67.5cm.) high, 17.5in. (44.5cm.) wide (2)
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