Sale 2374
New York
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11 June 2010
Price realised
USD 74,500
Estimate
A GEORGE I WALNUT AND FIGURED WALNUT BUREAU-CABINET CIRCA 1715 With broken arched pediment, mirrored doors and fitted interior with walnut-lined inner drawers over a slant front with a further fitted interior above a long drawer, two short and long drawers, bracket feet, later mirror plates 89 in. (226 cm.) high, 41 in. (104 cm.) wide, 23¾ in. (60 cm.) deep
Provenance
By repute, the Dukes of Beaufort, Badminton House, Gloucestershire. The Property of a Private Collector; Christie's, New York, 16 April 1994, lot 200 (cover lot).
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