Sale 1161
New York
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3 - 4 December 2002
Price realised
USD 299
Estimate
AN EMPIRE STRIPPED BEECH AND ASH PRIE-DIEU, attributed to Georges Jacob, early 19th century, upholstered in patterned needlework above a pierced Gothic trefoil back, inscribed Ferdinand Resenbard 15 Aout 1850
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Georges Jacob, maître in 1765.
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