A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY INVERTED BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE
Lot 97

A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY INVERTED BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE

CIRCA 1825

Closed27 May 2010

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GBP 30,000

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY INVERTED BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE
CIRCA 1825
With a central tablet and S-scroll cresting flanked by stepped pediments above a moulded cornice and four glazed and wire-grille doors enclosing mahogany edged adjustable shelves, divided by panelled uprights veneered in plum-pudding mahogany, the base with similar doors enclosing further adjustable shelves and divided by turned uprights on a plinth base, the right end veneered in plum pudding mahogany, the inner glazed panels possibly added slightly later, the tablet, scrolls and stepped pediments added
120 in. (305 cm.) high; 122 in. (310 cm.) wide; 23 in. (59 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale, Phillips, Edinburgh, 22 November 2001, lot 346 or 347.