Sale 6151
London
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8 July 1999
Price realised
GBP 15,525
Estimate
A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID AMBOYNA SOFA TABLE The rounded rectangular twin-flap top inlaid with a foliate border, above a pair of mahogany-lined frieze drawers and a pair of simulated drawers to the reverse, on rectangular panelled end-supports joined by a turned baluster stretcher, on rectangular platforms with scrolled brass paw feet 28 in. (72.5 cm.) high; 60 in. (154 cm.) wide; 28 in. (71 cm.) deep
Provenance
F.H.K. Durlacher, Esq., (d.1937) and by descent.
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