CIRCA 1820-30

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A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD BOOKSTAND
CIRCA 1820-30
The rectangular green leather-lined top above reed-framed open shelves flanked by turned and lotus-carved columns, the sides panelled in imitation of book spines, on reeded bun feet with inset brass castors, repairs to cross-banding
33 in. (84 cm.) high; 20¼ in. (52 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (45 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A related design for a bookstand with hinged top is illustrated in Gillows Estimate Sketch Book, 1831, for Ferguson & Co., their London partners, and reproduced in Susan Stuart, Gillows of London and Lancaster 1730 - 1840, Woodbridge, 2008, vol. I, p. 382, pl. 456.
Similar examples were sold anonymously Sotheby's, London, 4 June 2008, lot 58 (£12,500 including premium) and 6 December 2011, lot 144 (£27,500 including premium).

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