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LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The moulded cornice above a fluted and patera-inlaid frieze and a pair of doors enclosing four later slides, the lower section with similar fluting and paterae-inlay above a green baize-lined slide and two short and two long graduated drawers, on slender outswept bracket feet
78 in. (198 cm.) high; 40 ½ in. (103 cm.) wide; 20 ¼ in. (53 cm.) deep
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The moulded cornice above a fluted and patera-inlaid frieze and a pair of doors enclosing four later slides, the lower section with similar fluting and paterae-inlay above a green baize-lined slide and two short and two long graduated drawers, on slender outswept bracket feet
78 in. (198 cm.) high; 40 ½ in. (103 cm.) wide; 20 ¼ in. (53 cm.) deep
Provenance
Commissioned by William Brummell for Donnington Grove, 1783-1794.
Sold to John Bebb of the East India Company.
Bequeathed to Head Pottinger Best and thence by descent to Marmaduke Head Best.
Removed from Donnington Grove in 1936.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 7 March 2012, lot 143.
Sold to John Bebb of the East India Company.
Bequeathed to Head Pottinger Best and thence by descent to Marmaduke Head Best.
Removed from Donnington Grove in 1936.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 7 March 2012, lot 143.
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