細節
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND ROSEWOOD BIBLIOTHEQUES
CIRCA 1750, EMBELLISHED AND RECONSTRUCTED IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 19TH CENTURY
Each with quarter-veneered cross-banding and foliate mounts, fitted with two frieze drawers above a pair of glazed doors enclosing velvet lined shelved interior, with panelled sides above a shaped apron, on splayed ormolu feet, each with a paper label to the inside inscribed '35 D.H.M.', each with the remains of printed paper label to the reverse inscribed 'Countess of Mansfield', two panes of glass cracked, both locks detached, one drawer locked, no key
68 in. (173 cm.) high; 46 in. (117 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep (2)
來源
The Hon. Louisa Cathcart, Countess of Mansfield (d. 1843), wife of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield and 7th Viscount Stormont (d.1796).
Possibly Kenwood House, London.
Removed to Scone Palace prior to the auction at Kenwood in 1922.
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