CIRCA 1820, ADAPTED FROM A LARGER BOOKCASE OR ORIGINALLY FITTED

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A NEAR PAIR OF GEORGE IV MAHOGANY BOOKCASES
CIRCA 1820, ADAPTED FROM A LARGER BOOKCASE OR ORIGINALLY FITTED
Each with a molded cornice above a plain frieze and a pair of gothic glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, flanked by pilasters with foliate volutes, the lower sections with a pair of glazed doors enclosing an adjustable shelf flanked by scrolled monopodia, on a plinth base, one with pine sides
One 96¼ in. (244.5 cm.) high, 50½ in. (128 cm.) wide, 20 in. (51 cm.) deep
The other 96 in. (244 cm.) high, 50¾ in. (129 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Acquired by gift in 1936.

Special notice

No sales tax is due on the purchase price of this lot if it is picked up or delivered in the State of New York.

Further details

*This lot may be tax exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice at the back of the catalogue

Lot Essay

The bookcases' glazing pattern, with pointed arches, relates to that of a Grecian bookcase pattern published in Thomas Sheraton's, The Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterer, and General Artist's Encyclopaedia, 1804. Its palm-wrapped and truss-scrolled pilasters terminating in Bacchic liow-paws reflects the more robust Grecian fashion adopted during the following decade by cabinet-makers such as William Trotter of Edinburgh (see F. Bamford, 'A Dictionary of Edinburgh Wrights and Furniture Makers', Furniture History, 1983, pls. 52a-56).

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