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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY COLLECTOR'S CABINET
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY COLLECTOR'S CABINET

CIRCA 1770, THE LEGS REGENCY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY COLLECTOR'S CABINET
CIRCA 1770, THE LEGS REGENCY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The removable cabinet section with rectangular top with egg-and-dart moulded edge above a quarter-veneered flap enclosing eighteen mahogany-lined drawers in two registers, four drawers with green paper lining fixed with approximately forty cameos in gold-painted card miniature frames, each numbered and the green paper-lining with corresponding numbering in red paint, each drawer numbered at the side with paper labels inscribed in ink up to 18 (some lacking), the side panels with carrying-handles, on a stand with two mahogany-lined drawers, on reeded tapering legs with brass castors
37¼ in. (94.5 cm.) high; 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) wide; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

The antiquarian taste for such cameos, intaglios and 'impressions' was boosted in England by the Scottish artist sculptor James Tassie (d. 1799), who was established in London's Leicester Square in the 1760s. He replicated some of the most celebrated gem collections, and was succeeded by his nephew William Tassie (J. M. Gray, James and William Tassie, 1894).

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