Sale 7281
London
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23 November 2006
Price realised
GBP 11,400
Estimate
A GEORGE III PADOUK CLOTHES-PRESS THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY The moulded cornice above two panelled doors enclosing a blank space with later brass hanging rail and divisions for slides, above two short drawers and one long drawer each with solid padouk fronts, one short and the long drawer each with a mahogany divide with a pierced handle, on shaped bracket feet with sunk wooden castors, the slides missing, the handles later 67¾ in. (172cm.) high; 48½ in. (123 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep
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