A SCOTTISH REGENCY MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS

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A SCOTTISH REGENCY MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS
Crossbanded in rosewood to the front, the inverted breakfront cornice above a plain frieze and a pair of panelled doors enclosing four slides and a later hanging-rail, the lower section with a small ash-lined deep drawer flanked by two small drawers and one deep drawer, above three long graduated drawers, on square tapering sabre feet, one foot chipped, the handles associated
94½ in. (240 cm.) high; 57 in. (145 cm.) wide; 25½ in. (65 cm.) deep

Provenance

Kincardine Castle, Aberdeenshire.

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The top drawer arrangment with a deep central drawer flanked by small drawers is a particularly Scottish feature as seen on a Regency chest-of-drawers in the collection of the National Trust for Scotland at Malleny House (illustrated in F. Bamford, A Dictionary of Edinburgh Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Furniture History Society, 1983, fig. 86A).

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