CIRCA 1860-80, RETAILED BY WRIGHT AND MANSFIELD

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT
CIRCA 1860-80, RETAILED BY WRIGHT AND MANSFIELD
The eared rectangular gilt-tooled brown leather-lined top above three frieze drawers with winged putto handles, with plain panelled reverse, the sides with leather-lined slides, on fluted tapering legs headed by spiral reeds and quiver capitals, on toupie feet, stamped twice 'WRIGHT & MANSFIELD 104 NEW BOND STREET', one drawer with a division, the central drawer previously with a slide
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 46¼ in. (117.5 cm.) wide; 25¾ in. (65.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Frank Partridge, London, 2 July 1965.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Wright and Mansfield were one of the leading retailers and interior decorators of the late 19th century. Notable for their Adam revival interiors at Guisachan, near Inverness and the Louis XVI-style suite of rooms at Brook House, London, their work was shown extensively at the Great Exhibition of 1862 and the Paris Exhibition of 1867. The company ceased trading in 1887.

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