Lot Essay
Yorkshire dressers often have distinctive architectural characteristics such as pilasters, although the feature of a (secret ?) compartment below the top, which is hinged, is most unusual.
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CIRCA 1780, YORKSHIRE
Details
AN UNUSUAL GEORGE III OAK ARCHITECTURAL DRESSER
CIRCA 1780, YORKSHIRE
With hinged lid, one dummy and two true drawers flanked by pilasters and with raised mouldings to the doors
32¼ in. (82 cm.) high; 74¾ in. (190 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1780, YORKSHIRE
With hinged lid, one dummy and two true drawers flanked by pilasters and with raised mouldings to the doors
32¼ in. (82 cm.) high; 74¾ in. (190 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53 cm.) deep
Literature
Roger Warner, Memoirs of a Twentieth Century Antique Dealer, RFS, 2003, page 103, fig. 47.
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