Furniture & Works of Art - 9th November 2010

Lot 188

A George III mahogany bureau bookcase

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1100

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Description

A George III mahogany bureau bookcase, with a broken swan neck pediment with turned urn finials, above a dentil cornice and a pair of rectangular panelled cupboard doors, the fall with an ivory shield escutcheon revealing a cupboard door, pigeon holes and drawers with turned ivory handles, above four long drawers with later brass plate handles on bracket feet, 86.5in (220cm) h, 41in (104cm) w, 20.5in (52cm) d.