Lot 3
3
A DUTCH NEO-CLASSICAL MAHOGANY ARMOIRE, the dentilled broken pediment centred by a fluted pedestal suspended with laurel-swags above a dentilled frieze, two panelled doors with ribbon-tied floral swags flanked by fluted canted angles and six simulated short drawers enclosing a fitted interior with hanging-rail and one shelf, the shaped apron on rectangular tapering fluted block feet, last quarter 18th Century, restorations

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A DUTCH NEO-CLASSICAL MAHOGANY ARMOIRE, the dentilled broken pediment centred by a fluted pedestal suspended with laurel-swags above a dentilled frieze, two panelled doors with ribbon-tied floral swags flanked by fluted canted angles and six simulated short drawers enclosing a fitted interior with hanging-rail and one shelf, the shaped apron on rectangular tapering fluted block feet, last quarter 18th Century, restorations
71in. (180cm.) wide, 102in. (259cm.) high, 26½in. (67cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A related Grecian armoire with similar broken pediment centred by a laurel-swagged guttae pedestal and with canted angles, most probably purchased by the 5th Earl of Carlisle for the west wing at Castle Howard, Yorkshire, was sold at Sotheby's House sale, 11 November 1991, lot 149

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