Sale 9750
London, South Kensington
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26 November 2003
Price realised
GBP 2,585
Estimate
A George III mahogany bureau bookcase The upper part with dentil moulded cornice and pendant frieze with a pair of astragal glazed doors and adjustable shelves, the lower part with sloping fall enclosing a fitted interior of pigeon holes and chevron inlaid drawers around a central cupboard between secret column compartments, containing four graduated drawers on bracket feet 83½in. (212cm.)high, 42in. (107cm.)wide, 21¼in. (54cm.)deep
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