Sale 2090
New York
|
22 April 2008
Price realised
USD 6,250
Estimate
A RUSSIAN BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY GAMES TABLE LATE 18TH CENTURY The hinged rectangular top with canted corners and brass bound edge opening to a later felt-lined playing surface above a paneled frieze on rosette-mounted banded square tapering legs, restorations and replacements to veneer and inlay 29¾ in. (76 cm.) high, 38½ in. (98 cm.) wide, 19¼ in. (49 cm.) deep
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