Lot Essay
The pattern for the fretted ribbon guilloche of flowered trellis relates to that of an open-pedimented bookcase published in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754, pl. LXV.
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A GEORGE II BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS
The triangular broken pediment with moulded and dentilled cornice above a floral trellis-panelled base with central moulded pedestal, the dentilled cornice above a gothic blind fret-panelled frieze and two doors with carved rectangular bevelled panels enclosing a plain interior, the sides with rectangular bevelled panels and carrying- handles, the moulded waist above two short and two long cock-beaded graduated drawers with chinese fret escutcheons and handles on a moulded plinth and ogee bracket feet, the interior previously with slides and a later hanging rail, the later locks stamped SECURE UNPICKABLE (FOUR LEVER)
50½in. (128.5cm.) wide; 94½in. (239.5cm.) high; 24¼in. (61.5cm.) deep
The triangular broken pediment with moulded and dentilled cornice above a floral trellis-panelled base with central moulded pedestal, the dentilled cornice above a gothic blind fret-panelled frieze and two doors with carved rectangular bevelled panels enclosing a plain interior, the sides with rectangular bevelled panels and carrying- handles, the moulded waist above two short and two long cock-beaded graduated drawers with chinese fret escutcheons and handles on a moulded plinth and ogee bracket feet, the interior previously with slides and a later hanging rail, the later locks stamped SECURE UNPICKABLE (FOUR LEVER)
50½in. (128.5cm.) wide; 94½in. (239.5cm.) high; 24¼in. (61.5cm.) deep
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END OF MORNING SESSION
THE AFTERNOON SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 P.M.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 P.M.