Sale 2435
New York
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14 - 15 April 2011
Price realised
USD 18,750
Estimate
A PAIR OF FRENCH PALE GREEN AND GREY-DECORATED DEMILUNE CONSOLES SUPPLIED BY VALERIAN RYBAR & DAIGRE, ONE LOUIS XVI, CIRCA 1780, THE OTHER OF A LATER DATE Each of D-form with a white marble top with molded edge, above a frieze decorated with egg-and-dart and beadwork, on paterae-headed stop-fluted tapering legs joined by four flat stretchers which are centered by a lidded urn, with berry-bunch feet 38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, 56 in. (142 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep (2)
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO APARTMENT DESIGNED BY VALERIAN RYBAR AND JEAN-FRANÇOIS DAIGRE (LOT 516)
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