CIRCA 1760-70

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE CHEST
CIRCA 1760-70
With four long graduated drawers flanked by canted angles headed with swag-hung imbricated scrolling corbels on shaped bracket feet
32 ¾ in. (83 cm.) high; 36 in. (91 cm.) wide; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A chest with virtually identical swag-hung imbricated scrolling corbels but with additional carved decoration below was exhibited by J. Loewenthal at The Antique Dealer's Fair, 1951, and later sold Sotheby's, London, 17 July 1970, lot 204.

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