Lot Essay
A related mobile and china-railed library was formerly at St. Giles' House, Wiltshire (see M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture, London, 1965, fig. 189). A similar example was sold from 'Un Hotel Particulier du Faubourg Saint Germain: The Collection of the Marquis and Marquise de Ravenel', Christie's, London, 21-22 November 2007, lot 150 (£11,250), while another, almost identical to the present lot was with Ronald Phillips Ltd, circa 2003-4.