A SUITE OF MID-VICTORIAN OAK AND PARQUETRY BEDROOM FURNITURE comprising: a dressing-table with superstructure and canted rectangular mirror; a chest of two short and four long drawers; a bedside cupboard with planked door; a wash-stand, now lacking marble top, with two frieze drawers; | Christie's

Lot 147

147

A SUITE OF MID-VICTORIAN OAK AND PARQUETRY BEDROOM FURNITURE comprising: a dressing-table with superstructure and canted rectangular mirror; a chest of two short and four long drawers; a bedside cupboard with planked door; a wash-stand, now lacking marble top, with two frieze drawers;

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A SUITE OF MID-VICTORIAN OAK AND PARQUETRY BEDROOM FURNITURE comprising: a dressing-table with superstructure and canted rectangular mirror; a chest of two short and four long drawers; a bedside cupboard with planked door; a wash-stand, now lacking marble top, with two frieze drawers;
the dressing table 48in. (122cm.) wide
the cupboard 79in. (210cm.) wide (5)

Lot Essay

The use of restrained parquetry inlay and chamfered mouldings suggests that this suite dates from the mid-1860s and reflects the influence of the reformed Gothic designers such as Bruce Talbert.

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