Sale 7198
London
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9 March 2006
Price realised
GBP 5,400
Estimate
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV WALNUT FAUTEUILS THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY Upholstered with pink-striped material, with a foliate scroll cresting and padded back and seats and scroll arm-supports on cabriole legs with rocaille-carved seat-rails, restorations and replacements, one numberered 1, the other numbered 3, later inner facing to seat-rails (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 July 1996, lot 373.
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