Sale 1376
New York
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19 May 2004
Price realised
USD 7,768
Estimate
A LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD CANAPE EN CORBEILLE MID-18TH CENTURY With incurved serpentine-shaped crestrail centered by a floral clasp, with padded back, arms and loose cushion seat covered in light pink and polychrome floral silk, above a serpentine floral-carved seatrail, on cabriole legs ending in scroll feet, one rear leg replaced 82 in. (208.25 cm.) long
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 November 1993, lot 203.
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