From The Estate of a Lady sold to Benefit THE PERCIVAL DAVID FOUNDATION of Chinese Art
(Lots 85-90)
AN EARLY GEORGIAN FIGURED WALNUT BUREAU-CABINET
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AN EARLY GEORGIAN FIGURED WALNUT BUREAU-CABINET
The inverted breakfront cavetto cornice above a single door with a central mirror plate with bevelled plate with re-entrant upper angles and flanked by reeded pilasters, the lower section with a hinged slope enclosing a fitted interior with pigeon-holes and drawers flanking a concave-fronted door above four further graduated long drawers and on bracket feet, restorations to feet, restorations, some crossbanding later, raised slightly in height to incorporate the candle-slide
31in. (78.5cm.) wide; 78in. (198cm.) high; 19¼in. (49cm.) deep
The inverted breakfront cavetto cornice above a single door with a central mirror plate with bevelled plate with re-entrant upper angles and flanked by reeded pilasters, the lower section with a hinged slope enclosing a fitted interior with pigeon-holes and drawers flanking a concave-fronted door above four further graduated long drawers and on bracket feet, restorations to feet, restorations, some crossbanding later, raised slightly in height to incorporate the candle-slide
31in. (78.5cm.) wide; 78in. (198cm.) high; 19¼in. (49cm.) deep