A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD
CIRCA 1800

Of broken D-shaped outline, the superstructure with brass splash rail and tambour front, the case with three frieze drawers flanked by a deep drawer and a cabinet door flanking a cupboard with tambour front on square tapering legs headed by foliate inlay- 51in.(130cm.) high, 78in.(198cm.) wide, 28in.(71cm.) deep

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 21 April 1989, lot 301.

Lot Essay

A similar example with identical leaf-carved pinched legs from the Georgian House, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh is illustrated in Francis Barnford, 'A Dictionary of English Furniture Makers', F.H.S.J., 1983, pl 884.