Lot Essay
A related bureau cabinet was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 23 February 1989, lot 81 and a further bureau cabinet was sold, Sotheby's 14 November 1986, lot 26.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
A GEORGE II BURR WALNUT BUREAU BOOKCASE
Details
A GEORGE II BURR WALNUT BUREAU BOOKCASE
Cross and feather-banded overall, the moulded rectangular cavetto cornice above a pair of later glazed doors enclosing three shelves above four drawers, the bureau slope enclosing a central door flanked by two simulated book compartments and a further three pigeon-holes and four drawers to each side, one drawer fitted, with veneered writing-surface above four long graduated drawers on bracket feet, restorations to the interior, the shelf arrangement to the top section altered, originally with mirrored doors, the feet reveneered and possibly replaced, with sixty-four various cloth and leather-bound books
40½ in. (103 cm.) wide; 82 in. (208 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep
Cross and feather-banded overall, the moulded rectangular cavetto cornice above a pair of later glazed doors enclosing three shelves above four drawers, the bureau slope enclosing a central door flanked by two simulated book compartments and a further three pigeon-holes and four drawers to each side, one drawer fitted, with veneered writing-surface above four long graduated drawers on bracket feet, restorations to the interior, the shelf arrangement to the top section altered, originally with mirrored doors, the feet reveneered and possibly replaced, with sixty-four various cloth and leather-bound books
40½ in. (103 cm.) wide; 82 in. (208 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep