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DESIGNED BY JAMES WYATT, CIRCA 1785-90
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A GEORGE III POLYCHROME-PAINTED FITTED BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE
DESIGNED BY JAMES WYATT, CIRCA 1785-90
With four pine doors applied with blind arches and tracery, opening to reveal an oak interior with fitments for shelving above four further doors with gothic tracery and central shield, formed as removable panels, hinging forward to reveal further shelf fitments, each section flanked by cluster columns and surmounted by a strawberry leaf cornice, the interior with eighteenth century hand painted lettering to the upper doors ‘Ee’, ‘Ff’, ‘Gg’ and ‘Hh’ and to the lower compartments ‘Ee Cl:’, ‘Ff Cl:’, Gg Cl:’ and Hh Cl:’
108 ¼ in. (275 cm.) high; 121 in. (307 cm.) wide: 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep
DESIGNED BY JAMES WYATT, CIRCA 1785-90
With four pine doors applied with blind arches and tracery, opening to reveal an oak interior with fitments for shelving above four further doors with gothic tracery and central shield, formed as removable panels, hinging forward to reveal further shelf fitments, each section flanked by cluster columns and surmounted by a strawberry leaf cornice, the interior with eighteenth century hand painted lettering to the upper doors ‘Ee’, ‘Ff’, ‘Gg’ and ‘Hh’ and to the lower compartments ‘Ee Cl:’, ‘Ff Cl:’, Gg Cl:’ and Hh Cl:’
108 ¼ in. (275 cm.) high; 121 in. (307 cm.) wide: 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep
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