Sale 1500
New York
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15 April 2005
Price realised
USD 5,760
Estimate
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY LECTERN MID-18TH CENTURY The rectangular top on ratchet support mounted with a pair of brass candlearms, on an adjustable stop-fluted stem and cabriole legs with pad feet and casters, candlearms replaced and repositioned 31½ in. (80 cm.) high, 21 in. (53 cm.) wide, 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
Provenance
A West Coast Estate; Christie's, New York, 9 October 1993, lot 109.
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