EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD CHIFFONNIER
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The superstructure with rectangular upper shelf and pierced three-quarter gallery with scrolled supports and mirrored back, above a later marble shelf with reeded edge and a foliate frieze, above a pair of doors lined with pleated yellow silk centred by later starbursts, enclosing two adjustable shelves, on a plinth base, the upper section possibly associated, some metalwork associated
55¾ in. (141.5 cm.) high; 52 in. (132 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The chiffonier commode is boulle-inlaid with filigreed and palm-flowered brass tablets in the early 19th century Louis Quatorze fashion. Similar foliage-wrapped truss pilasters featured on a chiffonier illustrated in G. Beard and J. Goodison, English Furniture, 1500-1840, 1987 (p. 266).

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