Lot Essay
A comparable example by C. & R. Light is illustrated in The Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, The Antique Collectors Club 1977, page 348
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A late Victorian burr-walnut bonheur du jour
the gallery with a pair of glazed cabinets flanking a shaped mirrored recess and a drawer, the fall-front revealing a rosewood lined interior with drawers and a well with a shaped apron and square cabriole legs with gilt-metal mounts and inlaid foliate scrolls throughout -- 35in. (89cm.) wide
the gallery with a pair of glazed cabinets flanking a shaped mirrored recess and a drawer, the fall-front revealing a rosewood lined interior with drawers and a well with a shaped apron and square cabriole legs with gilt-metal mounts and inlaid foliate scrolls throughout -- 35in. (89cm.) wide