A GEORGE I BURR-WALNUT CHEST

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A GEORGE I BURR-WALNUT CHEST
Inlaid overall with feather-banding, the rectangular caddy-top above a veneered brushing slide, two short drawers and three long graduated drawers and with chamfered sides, on bracket feet, minor restorations to veneer and areas of partial restoration to feet, the front of the brushing slide re-veneered, the handles original
28 in. (71 cm.) wide; 31¼ in. (79.5 cm.) high; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Bruton Knowles, Cheltenham, 26 June 1990.

Sale room notice

This walnut chest was sold by order of the executors of the late G.L. Clouse at Bruton Knowls, 26 June 1990, lot 500, and was formerly in the collection of Douglas Bruce George of Broadway.

Lot Essay

A similar chest-of-drawers with identical metal-work, a veneered brushing-slide and identical feather-banding, is illustrated in the The Somerset House Art Treasures Exhibition Catalogue, November -December 1979, no. 71, described as 'having the original and most unusual brasses'.

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