A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINEN-PRESS in two sections, with moulded rectangular top above two long panelled doors, the corners applied with roundels enclosing four sliding shelves above one long drawer carved with strapwork, the sides with conforming decoration to the doors, the sides with carrying-handles, on bracket feet, with repair to drawer base and to one panel of back, one front foot and part of one back foot replaced | Christie's

Lot 188

188

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINEN-PRESS in two sections, with moulded rectangular top above two long panelled doors, the corners applied with roundels enclosing four sliding shelves above one long drawer carved with strapwork, the sides with conforming decoration to the doors, the sides with carrying-handles, on bracket feet, with repair to drawer base and to one panel of back, one front foot and part of one back foot replaced

Details

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINEN-PRESS in two sections, with moulded rectangular top above two long panelled doors, the corners applied with roundels enclosing four sliding shelves above one long drawer carved with strapwork, the sides with conforming decoration to the doors, the sides with carrying-handles, on bracket feet, with repair to drawer base and to one panel of back, one front foot and part of one back foot replaced
50in. (127cm.) wide; 60in. (152.5cm.) high; 23¼in. (59cm.) deep

Provenance

Trelisick House, Cornwall
Percival Griffiths Collection

Literature

R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1954, rev. edn., vol.II, p. 165, fig. 22

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