A GEORGE II WALNUT BUREAU-CABINET

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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

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A GEORGE II WALNUT BUREAU-CABINET
Featherbanded to the front, the broken cavetto-moulded cornice centred by a brass sphere, above a pair of arched doors with later bevelled plates and a pair of candle-stands, above a hinged slope enclosing a fitted interior with six small drawers, eight pigeon-holes, a central door and a well with two secret drawers, the flap with a green leather writing-surface, above two short drawers and two further short drawers and two long graduated drawers, above a shaped apron, on shaped later bracket feet, one drawer inscribed in pencil, 'THIS BOOKCASE THE PROPERTY OF G.O.H. DUNCALFE' the upper section of the interior of the bureau largely refitted, restorations
91¼ in. (232 cm.) high; 37¾ in. (96 cm.) wide; 23½ in. (59.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

G. O. H. Duncalfe, Esq.
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 12 November 1998, lot 485 (when incorrectly illustrated).

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Lot Essay

A related bureau-cabinet, with pilaster-supported and arched cornice, was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 8 October 1965, lot 101. A related single-doored cabinet, with serpentined cornice, attributed to J. Graveley, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (C. Gilbert and T. Murdoch, John Channon and brass-inlaid furniture 1730-1760, London, 1993, fig. 54).

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