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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BOOKSTAND
Lot 516

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BOOKSTAND

CIRCA 1755

Fermé22 January 2009

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GBP 3,750

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BOOKSTAND
CIRCA 1755
The rectangular top with adjustable slope and book-rest on an ebony easel, on a baluster shaft and tripod base with moulded pad feet and castors, previously with extending brass candlearms, the book-rest previously with small brass arms for holding open the pages of a book
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) wide; 18¼ in. (46.5 cm.) deep

Note du spécialiste

This hinge-topped table, with vase-baluster pillar and tripod feet, was described in the mid-18th Century as a 'Reading and Music Desk' (Ince and Mayhew, Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762). A related table or 'reading desk' on 'pillar and Claw' was invoiced in 1769 by Thomas Chippendale (d. 1779), when supplied for Nostell Priory, Yorkshire (see J. Hardy, 'Sir Rowland Winn's Music Desk', Furniture History, 1997, pp. 134-5, fig. 1).