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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND GRAINED MAHOGANY BOOKCASE/COLLECTORS CABINET
The rectangular top above a reeded border and two sections each with four adjustable shelves with reeded edges above two pairs of concave- cut cornered panelled doors with a simulated drawer at the top, each enclosing two columns of ten small drawers on a plain plinth with remains of various collection paper labels, losses to mouldings, the top Regency
91¾in. (233cm.) wide; 100in. (254cm.) high; 22¼in. (56.5cm.) deep
The rectangular top above a reeded border and two sections each with four adjustable shelves with reeded edges above two pairs of concave- cut cornered panelled doors with a simulated drawer at the top, each enclosing two columns of ten small drawers on a plain plinth with remains of various collection paper labels, losses to mouldings, the top Regency
91¾in. (233cm.) wide; 100in. (254cm.) high; 22¼in. (56.5cm.) deep
Provenance
The base-section acquired by Matthew Robinson Boulton for Soho House, Birmingham
The Regency top-section supplied following Boulton's refurbishment of Tew Park, Oxfordshire.
Thence by decent to Major Eustace Robb at Great Tew Park and sold by the Executors, Christie's House Sale, 27-29 May 1987, lot 127A
The Regency top-section supplied following Boulton's refurbishment of Tew Park, Oxfordshire.
Thence by decent to Major Eustace Robb at Great Tew Park and sold by the Executors, Christie's House Sale, 27-29 May 1987, lot 127A