A GEORGE II BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS

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A GEORGE II BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS

The triangular broken pediment with moulded and dentilled cornice above a floral trellis-panelled base with central moulded pedestal, the dentilled cornice above a gothic blind fret-panelled frieze and two doors with carved rectangular bevelled panels enclosing a plain interior, the sides with rectangular bevelled panels and carrying- handles, the moulded waist above two short and two long cock-beaded graduated drawers with chinese fret escutcheons and handles on a moulded plinth and ogee bracket feet, the interior previously with slides and a later hanging rail, the later locks stamped SECURE UNPICKABLE (FOUR LEVER)
50½in. (128.5cm.) wide; 94½in. (239.5cm.) high; 24¼in. (61.5cm.) deep

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END OF MORNING SESSION
THE AFTERNOON SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 P.M.

Descriptif du lot

The pattern for the fretted ribbon guilloche of flowered trellis relates to that of an open-pedimented bookcase published in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754, pl. LXV.

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