JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (FRENCH, 1759-1832)
Lot 432

JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (FRENCH, 1759-1832)

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 6,000

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JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (FRENCH, 1759-1832)
A lady making lace, seated on blue upholstered chair, in blue and black striped dress with white sash, cream gauze fichu with embroidered edges, powdered curling hair, her lace in her lap, a circular wooden table set with silk thread and scissors beside her; interior background with fireplace and vase
signed and dated 'augustin. 1793.' (upper left)
on ivory
3 in. (76 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount with stamped surround

Sotheby's, New York, 25-26 April 1978, lot 171 ($3,400).