EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BY BANTING AND FRANCE

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AN UNUSUAL GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD AND BRASS-INLAID BREAKFRONT DISPLAY CABINET
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BY BANTING AND FRANCE
67 in. (170 cm.) high; 75 in. (191 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep

Provenance

Purchased in 1995 directly from the late Lord Bristol at Ickworth, Suffolk

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The furniture at Ickworth was almost exclusively supplied by the firm of Thomas Banting and William France.
Banting and France were Royal warrant-holders in the reigns of George III, George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria.

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