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Lot 215
Sale 4237 - English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
May 17, 2016
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$5,500
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Two rare layered reverse-painted glass panels depicting the first hydrogen balloon flights by the Frères Robert 19th century
Each with six layers of reverse-painted glass, the first depicting the flight of July 15, 1784 landing in the park at Meudon, the second depicting the flight of September 19, 1784 over the gardens of the Tuileries Palace, each in matching gilt gesso and carved wood frame. (2).
H: 9 3/4, W: 7 7/8 in. (incl. frame)