Lot Essay
The overall form, with bowed sides and ribbon-tied palm clasp on fluted square tapering legs, is taken from Thomas Sheraton, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1793, pt. III, pl. 26
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A SCOTTISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD
The rectangular superstructure with brass three-quarter gallery and panelled crossbanded front, the top with bowed sides above a central panelled frieze drawer with ribbon-tied crossed reeds and flanked by further frieze drawers, the sides with deep drawers, restorations
90in. (229cm.) wide; 41½in. (105cm.) high, excluding gallery; 31in. (78.5cm.) deep
The rectangular superstructure with brass three-quarter gallery and panelled crossbanded front, the top with bowed sides above a central panelled frieze drawer with ribbon-tied crossed reeds and flanked by further frieze drawers, the sides with deep drawers, restorations
90in. (229cm.) wide; 41½in. (105cm.) high, excluding gallery; 31in. (78.5cm.) deep