A GEORGE III HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD AND MAHOGANY WORK-TABLE

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A GEORGE III HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD AND MAHOGANY WORK-TABLE
The canted rectangular crossbanded top above a cedar-lined frieze drawer and sliding workbasket lined in pleated silk, on boxwood-inlaid square tapering legs, joined by incurved stretchers, the drawer previously fitted, restorations to the stretcher
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The octagonal work-table, with taper-hermed legs tied by hollow-sided stretchers, conforms to a pattern, dated 1794 in the Estimate Sketch Book of Messrs. Gillow of London and Lancaster (L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 76).

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