Sale 8628
New York, Park Avenue
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27 March 1997
Price realised
USD 6,900
Estimate
A SUITE OF DIRECTOIRE GREEN-PAINTED FURNITURE circa 1795 Comprising three chaises, one fauteuil en cabriolet, and a canape, each incurving padded back and seat covered in pale green damask silk, within a grooved frame, with fluted baluster-form arm-supports, on stop-fluted legs headed by rosettes, redecorated, together with one later chaise and one fauteuil canape: 46in. (117cm.) wide (7)
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