Lot Essay
A related low bookcase with reeded pilasters headed by brass lion masks, is illustrated in M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture 1795-1830, London, rev. ed., 1965, p. 81, fig. 193.
A writing-table with similar masssive giltwood paw feet and fluted tapering legs headed by lion mask panels was sold by the Executors of the late Sir Philip Shelbourne, Myles Place, The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Christie's house sale, 25-26 October 1993, lot 67.
A writing-table with similar masssive giltwood paw feet and fluted tapering legs headed by lion mask panels was sold by the Executors of the late Sir Philip Shelbourne, Myles Place, The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Christie's house sale, 25-26 October 1993, lot 67.