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Lot 2240

A set of eight Anglo Indian white painted carved wood dining chairs
circa 1860s, later adapted by Tony Duquette

16 April 2012, 10:00 PDT
Los Angeles

Sold for US$8,750 inc. premium

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A set of eight Anglo Indian white painted carved wood dining chairs

circa 1860s, later adapted by Tony Duquette
height 35 1/2in (90.2cm); width 19in (48.3cm); depth 30in (76.2cm)

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Provenance:
Tony Duquette Collections

Literature:
Hutton Wilkinson, More is More, Abrams Publishers, 2009, p. 340 for an illustration of the offered lot in-situ.

Portions of lots 2240 -2246 were used for Tony Duquette's set design in the movie 'Lovely to Look At' (1952) and had multiple owners including actor James Coburn (1970s) and industrialist and art collector, Norton Simon and Jennifer Jones (1980s) and was bought back by Tony Duquette several times.

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