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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOOKCASE in two sections, the moulded rectangular cornice carved with stiff leaves above a pair of chicken wire-filled doors edged with flowerhead-filled scroll and each enclosing five shelves, the lower section with Vitruvian-scroll frieze fitted with three drawers, above a pair of geometrically-veneered doors enclosing two shelves and three drawers, on plinth base, lacking side sections of cornice,a piece of lower frieze moulding, and division mouldings between lowers doors, restorations; and two George III mahogany and grained bookcases, en suite the larger with a pair of full-length doors enclosing thirteen shelves, the smaller sixteen shelves, both adapted from one large breakfront bookcase and lacking drawers, the smaller from two sections, the larger deepened, minor variations in end-carving

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOOKCASE in two sections, the moulded rectangular cornice carved with stiff leaves above a pair of chicken wire-filled doors edged with flowerhead-filled scroll and each enclosing five shelves, the lower section with Vitruvian-scroll frieze fitted with three drawers, above a pair of geometrically-veneered doors enclosing two shelves and three drawers, on plinth base, lacking side sections of cornice,a piece of lower frieze moulding, and division mouldings between lowers doors, restorations; and two George III mahogany and grained bookcases, en suite the larger with a pair of full-length doors enclosing thirteen shelves, the smaller sixteen shelves, both adapted from one large breakfront bookcase and lacking drawers, the smaller from two sections, the larger deepened, minor variations in end-carving
58¼in. (148.5cm.) wide; 96¼in. (245cm.) high; 16½in (42cm.) deep
the larger en suite 57½in. ( 146cm.) wide; 96in. (244cm.) high; 13¾in. (35cm.) deep
the other 34½in. (87.5cm.) wide; 96in. (244cm.) high; 7¼in. (18.5cm.) deep (3)

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