A GEORGE III SHOPFRONT, entitled 'The Old Wine Vaults No. 120', with a central pair of glazed doors, flanked by a pair of bowed glass windows (losses, damages, adapatations), early 19th century

The following lot is to be dismantled and removed at the purchaser's expense, by appointment with Christie's.

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A GEORGE III SHOPFRONT, entitled 'The Old Wine Vaults No. 120', with a central pair of glazed doors, flanked by a pair of bowed glass windows (losses, damages, adapatations), early 19th century
307in. (779.8cm.) wide; 123in. (312.4cm.) high; 98in. (248.9cm.) deep

Provenance

Removed from 120 Brentford High Street, formally A.V. Box & Company, Wine Merchants.

Lot Essay

The narrow glazing bars and elliptical bay windows of this shopfront, along with the reed-framed panels of the doors, reflect the elegant neo-classical style of the 1780's adopted by architects such as Samuel Wyatt (d. 1807)

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