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THE CARCASS PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY AND REVENEERED AND EMBELLISHED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
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THE CARCASS PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY AND REVENEERED AND EMBELLISHED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
The broken arched dentil-moulded pediment inset with foliate panels flanking a crest of a sheep upon a helmet, with a blind fret-carved frize and moulded cupboard doors with foliate clasps to the corners enclosing four slides, the base with brushing slide and three long drawers between canted fret-carved angles on shaped bracket feet, inscribed in white chalk 608WB
95½in. (243cm.) high, 51½in. (131cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) deep
THE CARCASS PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY AND REVENEERED AND EMBELLISHED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
The broken arched dentil-moulded pediment inset with foliate panels flanking a crest of a sheep upon a helmet, with a blind fret-carved frize and moulded cupboard doors with foliate clasps to the corners enclosing four slides, the base with brushing slide and three long drawers between canted fret-carved angles on shaped bracket feet, inscribed in white chalk 608WB
95½in. (243cm.) high, 51½in. (131cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) deep
Provenance
The Estate of the Late Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly, Florham, New Jersey; Parke-Bernet Galleries, sold on the premises, 15-16 June 1955, lot 221 ($325).