LATE 18TH CENTURY

Details

A George III mahogany linen press
Late 18th Century
With two doors above five drawers, the interior lacking trays, with a later paper property label for Princess Margaret
80½ in. (204.5 cm.) high; 52 in. (132 cm.) wide; 25 in. (60.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The wardrobe, with richly figured mahogany tablets framed in hollow-cornered reeded borders, and Grecian-scrolled chest embellished with flowered 'patera' handles, corresponds to patterns in Messrs A. Hepplewhite & Co.'s, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788 and adopted in particular by the Gillow firm of London and Lancaster.

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