A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOOKCASE

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Lots 191-204)

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOOKCASE

The moulded front carved cornice above a pair of geometrically-glazed doors with central lozenges enclosing three adjustable shelves, the moulded base with two short drawers and two panelled doors with raised cut cornered moulding, enclosing a divided fitted interior, with two adjustable shelves, above a moulded plinth on shaped bracket-feet, two plates cracked
48½in. (122.5cm.) wide; 85¾ (218cm.) high; 25in. (58.5cm) deep

Lot Essay

The hollow-cornered mouldings of the commode doors feature on a number of patterns in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754. The mosaic-trellised glazing centred by lozenged compartments featured on a bookcase pattern op. cit., pl. LXIII.

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