Lot Essay
A related mobile and china-railed library was formerly at St. Giles' House, Wiltshire (see M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture, London, 1965, fig. 189). A further example of similar design was sold from 'Un Hotel Particulier du Faubourg Saint Germain: The Collection of the Marquis and Marquise de Ravenel', Christie's, London, 21-22 November 2007, lot 150 (11,250).