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- A BEECH AND STAINED PLYWOOD ROCKING CHAIR, CIRCA 1890

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THONET
A BEECH AND STAINED PLYWOOD ROCKING CHAIR, CIRCA 1890
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • $16,250
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    $2,000 - $2,500

Sale Information

Sale 2255
The Modern Age: The Collection of Alice Lawrence
5 - 6 November 2008
New York, Rockefeller Plaza




Lot Description

THONET
A Beech and Stained Plywood Rocking Chair, circa 1890
model 511
Height: 38 in. (96.5 cm.)
with remnants of Thonet paper label (on the underside)

Lot Notes

cf. Thonet Bentwood & Other Furniture: The 1904 Illustrated Catalogue, with the 1905-6 and 1907 Supplements and Price Lists in German and English, New York, 1980, p. 141 for an illustration of this model.

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