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19TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING SOME EARLIER ELEMENTS
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A PAIR OF SATINWOOD, HAREWOOD AND MARQUETRY BOOKCASES
19th Century, incorporating some earlier elements
Inlaid overall with boxwood and ebonised lines and crossbanded in tulipwood, with rectangular stepped and moulded cornice above a plain frieze and a pair of hinged geometrically-glazed doors enclosing a green hessian-lined interior with three shelves, the lower section with a pair of oval-panelled doors each inlaid with a trophy of a bow and arrows entwined with foliage and tied with a ribbon, the spandrels inlaid with scrolling flowers and foliage, enclosing an adjustable shelf, on a stepped rectangular base, one with two material labels inscribed in ink, one 'Macartney 73' the other 'Macartney L... 75' and inscribed in chalk '574'
94 in. (240.5 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep (2)
19th Century, incorporating some earlier elements
Inlaid overall with boxwood and ebonised lines and crossbanded in tulipwood, with rectangular stepped and moulded cornice above a plain frieze and a pair of hinged geometrically-glazed doors enclosing a green hessian-lined interior with three shelves, the lower section with a pair of oval-panelled doors each inlaid with a trophy of a bow and arrows entwined with foliage and tied with a ribbon, the spandrels inlaid with scrolling flowers and foliage, enclosing an adjustable shelf, on a stepped rectangular base, one with two material labels inscribed in ink, one 'Macartney 73' the other 'Macartney L... 75' and inscribed in chalk '574'
94 in. (240.5 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep (2)