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A GEORGE I WALNUT BUREAU-CABINET
Feather-banded overall, the rectangular moulded and cavetto cornice above a pair of mirrored doors with re-entrant upper corners enclosing a fitted interior of adjustable shelves and pigeon-holes above six short drawers and a pair of candle-slides, with feather-banded holes the bureau section with double feather-banded flap enclosing a green baize-lined writing-surface and a fitted interior of pigeon-holes and drawers around a recess, above two short and two long drawers, on later bracket feet, the handles replaced, the reverse inscribed in ink 'B', and with two printed labels 'MELLA Y REY COSARIOS DIARIOS A / Cádiz, Sevilla, Sanlúcar, Jerez, Córdoba, Huelva y Madrid.', and another printed 'A P CHARRINGTON 31 7 1953' and further inscribed in pencil '57', one plate resilvered
81½ in. (207 cm.) high; 40¾ in. (103.5 cm.) wide; 23½ in. (59.5 cm.) deep
Feather-banded overall, the rectangular moulded and cavetto cornice above a pair of mirrored doors with re-entrant upper corners enclosing a fitted interior of adjustable shelves and pigeon-holes above six short drawers and a pair of candle-slides, with feather-banded holes the bureau section with double feather-banded flap enclosing a green baize-lined writing-surface and a fitted interior of pigeon-holes and drawers around a recess, above two short and two long drawers, on later bracket feet, the handles replaced, the reverse inscribed in ink 'B', and with two printed labels 'MELLA Y REY COSARIOS DIARIOS A / Cádiz, Sevilla, Sanlúcar, Jerez, Córdoba, Huelva y Madrid.', and another printed 'A P CHARRINGTON 31 7 1953' and further inscribed in pencil '57', one plate resilvered
81½ in. (207 cm.) high; 40¾ in. (103.5 cm.) wide; 23½ in. (59.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
A. P. Charrington, 31 July 1953.
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