AN EARLY VICTORIAN IVORY-INLAID BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE, MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY PEDESTAL DRESSING-TABLE
BY JOHN TURRILL, MID-19TH CENTURY
En-suite to the previous lot, the rectangular galleried top with arched superstructure with a shelf, above a leather-lined surface and three frieze drawers, the sides with green leather-lined tirettes the central drawer with a removable writing-case lined with the original green silk-velvet, the frieze with a drawer at each side, each pedestal with three drawers at the front and three drawers at the side, the drawers mahogany-lined and the handles inlaid with mother-of-pearl, on a moulded plinth with brass castors, the locks stamped 'CHUBBS NEW PATENT, 57 ST PAULS, CHYD, LONDON' and with lock numbers '148366 - 148374', the two upper drawers of each pedestal later lined in green silk-velvet with padded compartments for jewellery, lady's grooming implements and compartments for scent bottles, the back of the central frieze drawer with mother-of-pearl plaque inscribed 'Turrill, Dressing & Writing-Case Maker, 250, Regent Street', the reverse of the superstructure with oval brass plaque engraved 'TURRILL,, Dressing & Writing-Case Maker &c. 250, REGENT STREET, LONDON.'
47½ in. (120.5 cm.) high; 60½ in. (153.5 cm.) wide; 28 in. (78 cm.) deep
AN EARLY VICTORIAN IVORY-INLAID BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE, MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY PEDESTAL DRESSING-TABLE
BY JOHN TURRILL, MID-19TH CENTURY
En-suite to the previous lot, the rectangular galleried top with arched superstructure with a shelf, above a leather-lined surface and three frieze drawers, the sides with green leather-lined tirettes the central drawer with a removable writing-case lined with the original green silk-velvet, the frieze with a drawer at each side, each pedestal with three drawers at the front and three drawers at the side, the drawers mahogany-lined and the handles inlaid with mother-of-pearl, on a moulded plinth with brass castors, the locks stamped 'CHUBBS NEW PATENT, 57 ST PAULS, CHYD, LONDON' and with lock numbers '148366 - 148374', the two upper drawers of each pedestal later lined in green silk-velvet with padded compartments for jewellery, lady's grooming implements and compartments for scent bottles, the back of the central frieze drawer with mother-of-pearl plaque inscribed 'Turrill, Dressing & Writing-Case Maker, 250, Regent Street', the reverse of the superstructure with oval brass plaque engraved 'TURRILL,, Dressing & Writing-Case Maker &c. 250, REGENT STREET, LONDON.'
47½ in. (120.5 cm.) high; 60½ in. (153.5 cm.) wide; 28 in. (78 cm.) deep
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