Sale 4555
London, South Kensington
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28 February 2012
Price realised
GBP 1,750
Estimate
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LIBRARY DESK LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY The serpentine shaped rectangular top, inset with a gilt-tooled green leather, above an arrangement of five drawers to each long side, on four tapering square-section legs, marked in chalk 'c9269' 30½ in. (77 cm.) high; 60 in. (152 cm.) wide; 34 in. (86 cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly purchased from John J. Cunningham Antiques, Seattle, 1968.
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