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CIRCA 1740
Details
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CORNER CABINET
Circa 1740
The downward sloping dentil-molded crest above two arched doors within a floral surround, opening to a coffered interior with inlaid fan decoration in boxwood and amaranth above four conforming shelves, flanked by fluted Corinthian pilasters on a conforming base with two doors, opening to one shelf, on a stepped plinth base, the reverse with London newspaper fragment dated 1856
110in. (280cm.) high, 58in. (147.5cm.) wide, 27in. (69cm.) deep
Circa 1740
The downward sloping dentil-molded crest above two arched doors within a floral surround, opening to a coffered interior with inlaid fan decoration in boxwood and amaranth above four conforming shelves, flanked by fluted Corinthian pilasters on a conforming base with two doors, opening to one shelf, on a stepped plinth base, the reverse with London newspaper fragment dated 1856
110in. (280cm.) high, 58in. (147.5cm.) wide, 27in. (69cm.) deep
Provenance
With Messrs. Gill and Reigate, London (circa 1920).
Literature
H. Cescinsky, English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, New York, n.d., p.120, fig.116 (Messrs. Gill and Reigate).