Lot Essay
A very similar bookcase with japanned panels is illustrated in F. Collard, Regency Furniture, Woodbridge, 1985, p.204.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A LATE GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED FIDDLEBACK MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT DRUM BOOKCASE
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A LATE GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED FIDDLEBACK MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT DRUM BOOKCASE
Crossbanded overall in tulipwood and inlaid with boxwood lines, the circular top with quatrefoil trellis gallery and central octagonal hinged door enclosing a pink velvet-lined well above eight shelves divided by panels above a further four shelves and an open central shelf, on later lion-paw feet and four stepped and moulded platforms, with sunk castors, originally the revolving upper section of a library drum table
25¼in. (64cm.) diam.; 31in. (79cm.) high
Crossbanded overall in tulipwood and inlaid with boxwood lines, the circular top with quatrefoil trellis gallery and central octagonal hinged door enclosing a pink velvet-lined well above eight shelves divided by panels above a further four shelves and an open central shelf, on later lion-paw feet and four stepped and moulded platforms, with sunk castors, originally the revolving upper section of a library drum table
25¼in. (64cm.) diam.; 31in. (79cm.) high