Sale 1559
New York
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18 October 2005
Price realised
USD 5,400
Estimate
A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND COMPOSITION GIRANDOLE CONVEX MIRROR CIRCA 1815 With a spread-eagle crasting and circular plate within an ebonised reeded slip and a dished, leaf-carved and spherule-encrusted frame flanked by scrolled candle-arms and with a later foliate apron, regilt 38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, 25½ in. (65 cm.) wide
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