CIRCA 1790

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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD WRITING TABLE
CIRCA 1790
The leather-lined hinged top above a fitted frieze drawer and undertier on square tapering legs
28¼ in. (72 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Probably Dunskey House, Wigtownshire.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The elegant bureau dressing-table of golden satinwood is fitted with a hinged writing-slope and galleried stretcher-tray for china. Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book (1791-94) featured a related pattern for a bedroom apartment 'Reading and Writing Table' (R. Edwards, Sheraton Furniture Designs, 1949, pl. 24).

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