MID-18TH CENTURY

Details

AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY ESTATE BUREAU-CABINET
MID-18TH CENTURY
The upper section with two cupboard doors and a sliding door enclosing a fitted interior and shelves, above a fall enclosing a further fitted interior, above a frieze drawer, the base with nine drawers, with later swan neck cresting and dentil moulding, the handles associated
97 ¼ in. (247 cm.) high; 54 ½ in. (138.5 cm.) wide; 24 ¾ in. (63 cm.) deep

Special notice

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Further details

Please note that this lot will not be on view at Christie’s King Street. If you wish to view it please contact Toby Weatherall by email on TWeatherall@christies.com to arrange an appointment.

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Lot Essay

An Irish mahogany secretaire-cabinet, circa 1750-70 with similar panel doors featuring rounded upper corners is illustrated in The Knight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture, New Haven and London, 1978, p. 253, fig. 199. Another Irish mahogany estate cabinet, circa 1760, with the same features is also illustrated in The Knight of Glin and James Peill, ibid., p. 251., fig. 189.

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