THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ALTERED FROM A BUREAU/BED

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BUREAU
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ALTERED FROM A BUREAU/BED
With hinged flap enclosing a later Regency interior fitment of small drawers and pigeon-holes, above four simulated drawers fronting a door enclosing two shelves, on a later plinth base, previously but not originally fitted
54¼ in. (138 cm.) high; 45 in. (114.5 cm.) wide; 28 in. (71 cm.) deep

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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

拍品专文

A related mid-18th Century mahogany chest bedstead supplied for Nostell Priory, Yorkshire and now at Temple Newsam House, Leeds, was sold by the Winn Family, Nostell Priory, Christie's house sale, 30 April - 1 May 1990, lot 225. A design for a deal bureau bedstead with five sham drawers and corded canvas frame features in the 1788 Gillows Estimate Sketch Book preserved in the Westminster Library (C. Gilbert, Vernacular Furniture, Leeds, 1991, p.139).