Sale 8512
New York, Park Avenue
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30 - 31 October 1996
Price realised
USD 7,475
Estimate
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT APPLIQUES Each with pierced scroll and acanthus-cast backplate issuing three-voluted branches cast with berried-foliate sprays and oak leaf clusters, with baluster-shaped foliate nozzles above acanthus-cast drip-pans 24in.(61cm.)high, 14 1/2 in. (36 cm.) wide (2)
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