Lot Essay
A bureau-cabinet of this model and obviously from the same workshop was sold Sotheby's London, 23 May 1980, lot 146.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A GEORGE II FRUITWOOD PARQUETRY BUREAU-CABINET
MID-18TH CENTURY
Details
A GEORGE II FRUITWOOD PARQUETRY BUREAU-CABINET
mid-18th century
The broken arched pediment above a pair of doors with later rectangular bevelled mirrors enclosing an arrangement of ten drawers, the slant lid fitted with pigeonholes and small drawers and with leather-lined writing surface over two short and three long drawers on bracket feet, inlaid throughout with quarter-veneered striped parquetry and striped crossbanded borders, mirror plates distressed
97in. (247cm.) high, 46in. (117cm.) wide, 22½in. (57cm.) deep
mid-18th century
The broken arched pediment above a pair of doors with later rectangular bevelled mirrors enclosing an arrangement of ten drawers, the slant lid fitted with pigeonholes and small drawers and with leather-lined writing surface over two short and three long drawers on bracket feet, inlaid throughout with quarter-veneered striped parquetry and striped crossbanded borders, mirror plates distressed
97in. (247cm.) high, 46in. (117cm.) wide, 22½in. (57cm.) deep