A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BUREAU-CABINET

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THE PROPERTY OF THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE SIR EMMANUEL KAYE C.B.E. (LOTS 301-451)

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BUREAU-CABINET
The shaped Gothic cornice with leaf-entwined finial above a shaped Gothic door with astragals filled with chicken-wire enclosing three adjustable shelves, flanked by pilasters surmounted by an acanthus-carved cavetto cornice, the bureau flap enclosing a fitted interior of pigeon-holes and drawers, above two short and three long drawers, on shaped later bracket feet, the handles replaced, lacking one interior secret drawer, the interior partially refitted, the moulding at the top of the bureau section partially replaced
107 in. (272 cm.) high; 43½ in. (110.5 cm.) wide; 25¼ in. (64 cm.) deep

Provenance

Dr Giorgio Fassio, villa Souleiadou, Route du Phare, St. Jean Cap Ferrat, France.
Bought from Mallett, London, 21 August 1964, for £2,900.

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.

Lot Essay

The secretaire with its gothic pointed-arch cornice rising from acanthus-wrapped trusses derives from a 'Lady Desk' pattern attributed to John Mayhew and illustrated in a Society of Upholsterers, Cabinet-Makers etc., Household Furniture, pt. II, published by Robert Sayer in 1764/5 (C. Gilbert, Genteel Household Furniture, Ilkley, 1978, pl. 53).

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