Lot 48
  • 48

A Louis XV style carved giltwood, composition and vernis-Martin decorated four-sided pedestal France, late 19th/early 20th century

Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 USD
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Description

  • giltwood, lacquer
  • height 40 1/2 in.; sqaure 13 1/2 in.
  • 103 cm; 34.5 cm
decorated to front and back with courting couples and to the sides with lakeside views 

Condition

Overall in fair condition with loss to gilding to composition bust and visible hairline cracks to seams of constructions. A loss to the composition molding of approximately three inches long beneath the molded edge of square top.
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