A QUEEN ANNE KINGWOOD AND BRASS INLAID STAINED-FIELD MAPLE BUREAU*

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PROPERTY FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART * This lot may be exempt from sales tax as set forth in the sales tax notice in the back of the catalogue.

A QUEEN ANNE KINGWOOD AND BRASS INLAID STAINED-FIELD MAPLE BUREAU*

ATTRIBUTED TO COXED AND WOSTER, CIRCA 1710

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A QUEEN ANNE KINGWOOD AND BRASS INLAID STAINED-FIELD MAPLE BUREAU*
ATTRIBUTED TO COXED AND WOSTER, CIRCA 1710
The rectangular top above a slant front opening to reveal a configuration of drawers and pigeonholes, the central sliding section revealing six secret drawers and pigeonholes, over two short and three long graduated drawers above bracket feet, with black painted accession number A.5141.49.623, also with a tag numbered 49.3.1, feet probably original, hardware replaced and probably originally with escutcheons, possibly lacking some secret drawers
42 in. (106.5 cm.) 38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Provenance

Henry P. Strause.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A very similar bureau, with identical drawer configuration, bearing the label of John Coxed, formerly in the collection of Flaxton Abbey is illustrated C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture: 1700-1840, London, 1996, p. 153, fig. 234. A related bureau was sold, Property of the Monro Family, Christie's, London, 11 November 1999, lot 209. Another smaller was sold, the property of a Lady, Christie's, London, 8 July 1999, lot 97.

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