BY GOSTIN OF LIVERPOOL, 1983

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PRINCESS MARGARET'S BONHEUR DU JOUR A SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY BONHEUR DU JOUR
BY GOSTIN OF LIVERPOOL, 1983
THE UPPER SECTION INLAID ON THE TOP WITH THE INITIAL 'M' BELOW BELOW A CORONET, THE TWO DOORS ENCLOSING SEVEN DRAWERS ABOVE A FRIEZE DRAWER, STAMPED 'GOSTIN', SOLD TOGETHER WITH A LETTER DATED 20 APRIL 1983, FROM DAVID SIMPSON, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF GOSTIN OF LIVERPOOL LTD., WITH A LATER PAPER PROPERTY LABEL FOR PRINCESS MARGARET
40 IN. (101.5 CM.) HIGH; 17¼ IN. (44 CM.) WIDE; 14¾ IN. (37.5 CM.) DEEP

Provenance

PRESENTED TO H.R.H. THE PRINCESS MARGARET, COUNTESS OF SNOWDON ON THE OCCASION OF HER VISIT TO THE WORKSHOPS OF GOSTIN OF LIVERPOOL LTD ON 19 APRIL 1983.

PLACED IN THE LIBRARY OF THE PRIVATE APARTMENTS OF H.R.H. THE PRINCESS MARGARET, COUNTESS OF SNOWDON AT KENSINGTON PALACE.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Proceeds from this lot will be donated to charity.

Lot Essay

THIS BEAUTIFULLY INLAID BONHEUR DU JOUR, DISPLAYING PRINCESS MARGARET'S LAUREL-WREATHED CIPHER ON ITS CHINA-RAILED BOOK-CABINET, IS CONCEIVED IN THE LATE L8TH CENTURY FASHION 'SHERATON' FASHION SUCH AS THE 'LADY'S CABINET WITH WRITING TABLE' OR 'SHEVERET' FEATURED IN THOMAS SHERATON'S, THE CABINET-MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S DRAWING BOOK, 1793 ( PL.50). THE FASHION FOR SUCH GOLDEN INLAID SATINWOOD FURNITURE, WAS DISCUSSED IN PERCY MACQUOID'S HISTORY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE; THE AGE OF SATINWOOD, 1908. THIS PRESENTATION 'BUREAU DE DAME' WAS MADE TO COMMEMORATE PRINCESS MARGARET'S 1983 VISIT TO THE WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING SCHOOL RUN BY MESSRS. GOSTIN OF LIVERPOOL, 'MAKERS OF FINE PERIOD STYLE ENGLISH FURNITURE'.

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