Lot Essay
Gillows illustrated a drawing for a very similar wine-cooler with flame-figured mahogany panels, in their The Cabinetmakers' General Sketch Book, n. d., p. 73.
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CIRCA 1825
Details
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY WINE-COOLER
CIRCA 1825
The rounded rectangular lip above panelled sides enclosing a lead-lined interior, on reeded ball feet, with counter-sunk brass castors
20 in. (51 cm.) high; 33 in. (84 cm.) wide; 22½ in. (57 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1825
The rounded rectangular lip above panelled sides enclosing a lead-lined interior, on reeded ball feet, with counter-sunk brass castors
20 in. (51 cm.) high; 33 in. (84 cm.) wide; 22½ in. (57 cm.) deep
Special notice
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