Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 4th October 2017
Lot 243
An early 18th century Italian walnut and marquetry bureau bookcase
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £1800
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Description
An early 18th century Italian walnut and marquetry bureau bookcase, inlaid with stringing and with panels of fruitwood foliate strapwork, the sides with crosses, with a pair of arched later mirrored doors, enclosing a plane wood interior of pigeonholes and shelves, above a hinged fall, revealing a later baize writing surface and eight drawers, with a sliding well cover and two secret drawers, above two short and two long graduated drawers on flattened bun feet, possibly Genova, 202.8cm high, 112.3cm wide, 56.2cm deep.
Provenance: Count Redmond Toler Clayton-Browne Clayton (1863-1937) of the Villa La Punta, Cervara, Santa Margherita, Liguria, Italy. Bequeathed to his nephew, Sir Henry Russell Hornby, Bt, (1888-1971), 2nd Baronet of Brookhouse, of Barraclough, Clitheroe, Lancashire and thence by descent.