Lot Essay
A similar black and gilt-japanned side cabinet but with turned, fluted baluster columns, was exhibited at the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, London, Godson and Coles, 12-22 June 1991.
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A REGENCY BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED SIDE CABINET
The shaped top with serpentine sides above a frieze decorated with anthemion and stars, the central pair of trellis and silk-backed doors, enclosing two adjustable shelves, flanked by ring-turned columns and two open shelves, on ring-turned and waisted tapering feet, with depository label to the reverse 'WHITE & CO LTD. WINCHESTER', with a vertical cut through the left curved angle
35½ in. (90 cm.) high; 46 in. (117 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep
The shaped top with serpentine sides above a frieze decorated with anthemion and stars, the central pair of trellis and silk-backed doors, enclosing two adjustable shelves, flanked by ring-turned columns and two open shelves, on ring-turned and waisted tapering feet, with depository label to the reverse 'WHITE & CO LTD. WINCHESTER', with a vertical cut through the left curved angle
35½ in. (90 cm.) high; 46 in. (117 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep