A NORTH GERMAN MAHOGANY BUREAU CABINET
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A NORTH GERMAN MAHOGANY BUREAU CABINET

CIRCA 1775

细节
A NORTH GERMAN MAHOGANY BUREAU CABINET
CIRCA 1775
The moulded cornice surmounted by two vase-shaped finials above two conforming mirrored doors enclosing three serpentine-shaped shelves above three short drawers, the fall front with inset tooled leather writing surface and a serpentine-fronted drawer front comprising of graduating shelves, drawers and a secret well in the centre with two drawers enclosed by a slide, above three graduated drawers, on later oak moulded bun feet, restorations to drawer linings
93 in. (236 cm.) high; 45 in. (114 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
来源
Part of Jonathan Harris's opening stock in 1967
Sir Philip Shelbourne, Myles Place, Salisbury; until sold by
The Executors, Christie's house sale, 25-26 October 1993, lot 134
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

A related English-fashioned bureau-cabinet, likely to have been manufactured in Berlin is illustrated H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen Mobels, Munich, 1970, Vol. II (fig.22).