Lot 177
177
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY BONHEUR-DU-JOUR inlaid overall with tulipwood banding, the superstructure with top open shelf above a pair of central shelves flanked to each side by doors enclosing two arcaded pigeon-holes and two mahogany-lined drawers, one fitted with wells, with hinged green baize-lined writing-surface, above a partially fitted long drawer and a recessed mahogany-lined drawer, on square tapering legs and brass caps and castors, the locks stamped IVE & CO.

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A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY BONHEUR-DU-JOUR inlaid overall with tulipwood banding, the superstructure with top open shelf above a pair of central shelves flanked to each side by doors enclosing two arcaded pigeon-holes and two mahogany-lined drawers, one fitted with wells, with hinged green baize-lined writing-surface, above a partially fitted long drawer and a recessed mahogany-lined drawer, on square tapering legs and brass caps and castors, the locks stamped IVE & CO.
36in. (91.5cm.) wide; 52in. (132cm.) high; 18in. (46cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Thomas Sheraton, when discussing this elegant pattern of ribbon-inlaid and herm-legged 'Lady's cabinet and writing table' in his Cabinet-Maker and Upholster's Drawing Book, 1793, noted: 'This table is intended for writing on and to hold a few small books in the back of the upper part'. His pattern evolved from the 'Lady's cabinet-writing table' designed by A. Hepplewhite and Co. and illustrated in The Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices, 1788, pl. 23., fig. 2

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