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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOOKCASE-ON-CHEST
The rectangular cavetto cornice above a pair of glazed doors backed with later brass trellis, the lower section with two short and three long drawers, the doors in the upper section enclosing four adjustable shelves and fourteen pigeon-holes, the side with carrying-handles, on shaped bracket feet, the reverse inscribed in chalk 'NO 11'
44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 85 in. (216 cm.) high; 22½ in. (56.5 cm.) deep
The rectangular cavetto cornice above a pair of glazed doors backed with later brass trellis, the lower section with two short and three long drawers, the doors in the upper section enclosing four adjustable shelves and fourteen pigeon-holes, the side with carrying-handles, on shaped bracket feet, the reverse inscribed in chalk 'NO 11'
44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 85 in. (216 cm.) high; 22½ in. (56.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Supplied to the 5th Duke of Bolton (d.1765) for Hackwood.
By descent until sold in 1935 with Hackwood to William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (d.1954).
Thence by descent.
By descent until sold in 1935 with Hackwood to William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (d.1954).
Thence by descent.
Literature
The 1905 Hampton and Sons inventory, the Staircase Hall: 'A 3ft. 6" Fine Old English Mahogany bookcase with shelves enclosed by bevelled glass & brass trellised doors 3 long & 3 short drawers under with brass drop handles with escutcheons'.