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Lot Essay
An eleborate version of this folio-press features in J.C. Loudon's Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farmhouse and Villa Architecture and Furniture, London, 1839, no. 1969.
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A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD FOLIO-STAND
With three rectangular pierced dividers, the outer sections with lifting reading-stands, with ratchet system, on reeded out-curved and ring-turned baluster supports, on a trestle base with turned hemispherical feet, countersunk castors, the castor plates stamped 'G H', minor replacements to veneer
40½ in. (103 cm.) high; 27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) wide, closed; 55¼ in. (140.5 cm.) wide, open; 27¼ in. (69.5 cm.) deep
With three rectangular pierced dividers, the outer sections with lifting reading-stands, with ratchet system, on reeded out-curved and ring-turned baluster supports, on a trestle base with turned hemispherical feet, countersunk castors, the castor plates stamped 'G H', minor replacements to veneer
40½ in. (103 cm.) high; 27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) wide, closed; 55¼ in. (140.5 cm.) wide, open; 27¼ in. (69.5 cm.) deep
Special notice
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.