Lot 273
  • 273

A VERY FINE AND RARE Pair of Classical Carved and Parcel-Gilt Girondole Mirrors, possibly Albany, New York circa 1820

Estimate
20,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Height 44 in. by Width 32 in.

Literature

Allison Boor, et al., Philadelphia Empire Furniture, (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2006), p. 519, no. 349-50. 

Condition

Losses to gilding, backboard possibly replaced.
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