A mahogany serpentine front chest, 19th century

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A mahogany serpentine front chest, 19th century
the top with a gadrooned edge, fitted with a slide and with a drawer to either side, with a dummy drawer to the front, with three long drawers below, between dividers and styles, with stylised flowerhead and fluted decoration, on bracket feet with castors
29in. (75.5cm.) wide, 31in. (80cm.) high, 20in. (52.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Similarities to a chest of 1769 by James Blaikie has, in the past, given rise to the opinion that this lot could be Scottish.

Cf Plenishings at Penicuik House, Frances Bamford, Country Life, August 7th 1975, p.333, fig.6.

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