Lot Essay
Its Palladian architecture enriched with an acanthus-scrolled frieze reflects the George II style promoted by Abraham Swan's The British Architect, 1745.
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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT AEDICULE
The breakfront cornice with central platform above a foliage-scrolled frieze and a central tablet, on a pair of stop-fluted composite columns and a rectangular base, some losses to the mouldings, the rectangular base and the panels affixed to the top of the broken pediment later, previously with a finial
57½ in. (146 cm.) high; 39¾ in. (101 cm.) wide; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep
The breakfront cornice with central platform above a foliage-scrolled frieze and a central tablet, on a pair of stop-fluted composite columns and a rectangular base, some losses to the mouldings, the rectangular base and the panels affixed to the top of the broken pediment later, previously with a finial
57½ in. (146 cm.) high; 39¾ in. (101 cm.) wide; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep