Sale 5984
London, South Kensington
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20 January 2010
Price realised
GBP 3,000
Estimate
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST CIRCA 1765, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE The rectangular top above two short and three graduated long drawers with oak linings flanked by engaged quarter columns on ogee bracket feet, with raised brass escutcheons and original handles 39¾ in. (101 cm.) high; 41 in. (104 cm.) wide; 21¼ in. (54 cm.) deep
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Literature
Inventory and Valuation of the contents of Newton Hall, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland, The Property of Brigadier General B. F. Widdrington, C.M.G., D.S.O., 1925, p. 53.
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