拍品 45
45
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Lots 43-45)
A GEORGE I WALNUT DOUBLE-DOMED BUREAU-BOOKCASE

细节
A GEORGE I WALNUT DOUBLE-DOMED BUREAU-BOOKCASE
Inlaid overall with feather-banding, the moulded double-domed cornice above a pair of later bevelled mirror-plates engraved with pendant-hung crowns, enclosing three shelves, folio racks, pigeon-holes and four short drawers, the bureau section with hinged slope enclosing a fitted interior with a central well flanked by seven short drawers and eight pigeon-holes, above two short drawers and two long drawers, on later bracket feet, with later blocks, the feet reveneered
41 in. (104 cm.) wide; 82¼ in. (209 cm.) high; 23½ in. (60 cm.) deep

拍品专文

A related bureau-bookcase was offered at Sotheby's New York, 16 October 1993, lot 384, while an early Georgian double-domed cabinet-on-chest with similar crowns engraved on the plates, was offered anonymously in these Rooms, 6 April 1995, lot 259.