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LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT LIBRARY BOOKCASE
LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The dentil-carved broken arched pediment centered by an associated Wedgwood style black basaltes figure of a Triton above a pair of out-set cabinet doors with floral and rope-carved mullions and flanked by a pair of recessed doors, the lower case fitted with a pull-out center section with a gate-leg folding rest, the simulated tortoiseshell surface by William Haines Inc., with two frieze drawers and square legs carved with anthemions and husks raised on block feet and flanked by two banks of four short drawers, each raised on a plinth
111 in. (282 cm.) high, 96 in. (244 cm.) wide, 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep
LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The dentil-carved broken arched pediment centered by an associated Wedgwood style black basaltes figure of a Triton above a pair of out-set cabinet doors with floral and rope-carved mullions and flanked by a pair of recessed doors, the lower case fitted with a pull-out center section with a gate-leg folding rest, the simulated tortoiseshell surface by William Haines Inc., with two frieze drawers and square legs carved with anthemions and husks raised on block feet and flanked by two banks of four short drawers, each raised on a plinth
111 in. (282 cm.) high, 96 in. (244 cm.) wide, 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep
Literature
P. Schifando and J.H. Mathison, Class Act- William Haines: Legendary Hollywood Decorator, Painted Leaf Press, New York, 2005, p. 167.
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