A GEORGE III MAHOGANY KIDNEY-SHAPED WRITING-TABLE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY KIDNEY-SHAPED WRITING-TABLE
The green leather-lined top with solid gallery to the rear, above a concave-fronted frieze drawer, on ring-turned and tapering legs with turned feet, the drawer previously fitted with a hinged slope
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 39 in. (100 cm.) wide; 22 in. (57 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A design for a related kidney-shaped and cloth-topped mahogany table, banded with kingwood and 'strung with white' featured in the 1787 Estimate Sketch Book of Gillows of London and Lancaster (L. Boynton (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 39).

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