A SET OF REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED SATINWOOD HANGING SHELVES

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A SET OF REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED SATINWOOD HANGING SHELVES
Crossbanded in rosewood with three bowfront rectangular graduated shelves, the top shelf with a three-quarter pierced gallery, with X-filled ends and turned baluster supports, previously resting on a piece of furniture
21½ in. (54.5 cm.) high; 39¼ in. (99.5 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 11 April 1991, lot 55.

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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

This open-tiered bookcase of golden satinwood is ormolu-enriched in the antique manner with basket-weave gallery and pillars, with sunflowered ties in the Pompeian altar-tripod fashion. Related bookcases feature on bureaux and cabinets illustrated in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, such as plates 23 and 25.

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