Sale 9614
New York
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29 - 30 March 2001
Price realised
USD 23,500
Estimate
A SET OF FOUR RUSSIAN NEOCLASSIC PARCEL-GILT WALNUT ARMCHAIRS Circa 1825-35 Each arched solid back above inscrolled arms with scaled acanthus terminals, the charcoal fabric-covered drop-in seats above a plain bowed apron, on saber legs, the drop-in seat frames stamped with Roman numerals (4)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 27 March 1993, lot 341 ($31,625).
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