Sale 7198
London
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9 March 2006
Price realised
GBP 11,400
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY AND BRASS-INLAID CARD-TABLES FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY Each inlaid with lines and stylized paterae and foliate stems with berries, with a baize-lined hinged top, on a tapered column and quadrapartite platform with later gilt-brass scroll feet and castors, restorations to the surface 27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high; 35¾ in. (91 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Sir Melville Beachcroft.
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