Sale 1213
New York
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1 - 2 April 2003
Price realised
USD 3,824
Estimate
AN EMPIRE WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TABOURET, attributed to Jacob Frères, circa 1804, the cream and blue-striped loose cushion seat above an x-form frame joined by turned stretchers 20in. (51cm.) high, 24in. (61cm.) wide, 19in. (48cm.) deep
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This stool is nearly identical to one from a set provided to the Empress Joséphine at Malmaison, and now in the Musée de Tours. See D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le mobilier français du XIX siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 338.
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