Sale 6894
London
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22 April 2004
Price realised
GBP 4,780
Estimate
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-CLOTHES PRESS THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY The rectangular blind-arcaded cornice and Gothic-fret frieze surmounted by a triangular open pediment, centred by an urn-finial above a pair of panelled doors enclosing four slides and a secretaire-drawer with pigeon-holes and drawers, the base with two short and two long drawers, on shaped bracket feet, the handles replaced, the underside of the upper section and top of the base section with shipping or delivery labels inscribed in an 18th century hand '... Kendal' 89½ in. (227 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 24¼ in. (61.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
..., Kendal.
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife