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THE PROPERTY OF A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BUREAU-BOOKCASE
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BUREAU-BOOKCASE
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The dentil-moulded cornice with rosette-embossed swan's neck cresting above a blind-fret carved frieze and a pair of astragal glazed doors with rope-twist edges enclosing three adjustable shelves, the sloping fall opening to a fitted interior with fret-work decoration and an arrangement of pigeonholes, secret compartments and drawers around a central cupboard flanked by brass Corinthian capped pilasters, the base with two short and three long graduated drawers between quarter-column angles on moulded bracket feet, originally with a finial to cornice
98 in. (249 cm.) high, 47 in. (119.5 cm.) wide, 24½ in. (62.5 cm.) deep
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The dentil-moulded cornice with rosette-embossed swan's neck cresting above a blind-fret carved frieze and a pair of astragal glazed doors with rope-twist edges enclosing three adjustable shelves, the sloping fall opening to a fitted interior with fret-work decoration and an arrangement of pigeonholes, secret compartments and drawers around a central cupboard flanked by brass Corinthian capped pilasters, the base with two short and three long graduated drawers between quarter-column angles on moulded bracket feet, originally with a finial to cornice
98 in. (249 cm.) high, 47 in. (119.5 cm.) wide, 24½ in. (62.5 cm.) deep