A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS
The dentilled broken cornice with blind trellis, above a blind fretwork frieze and a pair of concave cut-corner panelled doors enclosing a later hanging-rail, above two short and one long simulated drawers and a long drawer, on ogee bracket feet with concealed castors, the handles original, originally with sliding trays, the simulated drawers originally fitted as drawers
92¼ in. (234.5 cm.) high; 51½ in. (131 cm.) wide; 25¾ in. (63 cm.) deep

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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 pattern for the fretted ribbon guilloche of flowered trellis relates to that of an open-pedimented bookcase published in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754, pl. LXV.
A closely related clothes-press was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 8 Febrary 1996, lot 203 (illustrated with the wrong pediment).

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