A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
Lot 189 PROPERTY FROM AN EAST ANGLIAN COUNTRY HOUSE

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed8 June 2021

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GBP 2,750

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The moulded cornice above a fluted and patera-inlaid frieze and a pair of doors enclosing four later slides, the lower section with similar fluting and paterae-inlay above a green baize-lined slide and two short and two long graduated drawers, on slender outswept bracket feet
78 in. (198 cm.) high; 40 ½ in. (103 cm.) wide; 20 ¼ in. (53 cm.) deep

Commissioned by William Brummell for Donnington Grove, 1783-1794.
Sold to John Bebb of the East India Company.
Bequeathed to Head Pottinger Best and thence by descent to Marmaduke Head Best.
Removed from Donnington Grove in 1936.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 7 March 2012, lot 143.