LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SIDE CABINET
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The shaped top with canted corners above four doors each with an oval medallion and divided by flat pilasters, the central doors enclosing a sycamore-edged shelf, the outer doors each enclosing two further shelves, on square tapering legs with spade feet
34 in. (87 cm.) high; 57 in. (145 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from H.C.Baxter & Sons, London, 15 March 1966, and thence by descent.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The bow-fronted commode is designed in the antique fashion popularised by Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1793, and could be fitted with drawers, such as the closely related satinwood commode in the collection of Mrs. Robert Tritton, sold Christie's, Godmersham Park, 6 - 9 June 1983, lot 57.

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