Lot 112
112
A NEAR PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY BEDSIDE CABINETS
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A NEAR PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY BEDSIDE CABINETS

THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A NEAR PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY BEDSIDE CABINETS
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each with a solid gallery incorporating a shelf set between downswept arms, with an ebonised and boxwood banded frieze, above a door with inset chevron-chequered oval, on squared tapering legs
39½ in. (100.5 cm.) high; 15½ in. (39 cm.) wide; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Mrs. A. C. Vernon-Wentworth, Blackheath Mansion, Suffolk.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Major Vernon-Wentworth is descended from the Earls of Strafford of Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire. Five chimneypieces originally from Wentworth Castle, one of the quintessential princely palaces fo the Augustan era, were sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 14 November 1996, lots 178-182. They had remained at Wentworth until circa 1951, when they were removed to Blackheath Mansion, Suffolk, by Major and Mrs. Vernon-Wentworth.

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