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Lot 107
A WILLIAM & MARY WALNUT, TORTOISESHELL AND PARCEL-GILT BUREAU CABINET
CIRCA 1700
Closed15 November 2017
Price Realised
GBP 10,000
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A WILLIAM & MARY WALNUT, TORTOISESHELL AND PARCEL-GILT BUREAU CABINET
CIRCA 1700
The double-arched cornice flanked by turned and feathered finials above a pair of mirrored doors painted to the reverse with naive portraits of William and Mary and enclosing pigeon holes, vertical divisions and a central prospect door with tortoiseshell architectural decoration and with candle slides below, the fall front enclosing a similarly decorated fitted interior with drawers, pigeon holes and a well, above two short and two graduated long drawers, with brass handles to the sides, on turned feet, with various depository labels to the reverse including one for 'J. Allen., London', two typed 'Mrs. Arthur Henri.' and 'Mrs. L. R. Henri'., the mirrors and metalwork largely replaced, restorations
90 in. (229 cm.) high; 38 in. (97 cm.) wide; 20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1700
The double-arched cornice flanked by turned and feathered finials above a pair of mirrored doors painted to the reverse with naive portraits of William and Mary and enclosing pigeon holes, vertical divisions and a central prospect door with tortoiseshell architectural decoration and with candle slides below, the fall front enclosing a similarly decorated fitted interior with drawers, pigeon holes and a well, above two short and two graduated long drawers, with brass handles to the sides, on turned feet, with various depository labels to the reverse including one for 'J. Allen., London', two typed 'Mrs. Arthur Henri.' and 'Mrs. L. R. Henri'., the mirrors and metalwork largely replaced, restorations
90 in. (229 cm.) high; 38 in. (97 cm.) wide; 20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) deep
A WILLIAM & MARY WALNUT, TORTOISESHELL AND PARCEL-GILT BUREAU CABINET
CIRCA 1700
The double-arched cornice flanked by turned and feathered finials above a pair of mirrored doors painted to the reverse with naive portraits of William and Mary and enclosing pigeon holes, vertical divisions and a central prospect door with tortoiseshell architectural decoration and with candle slides below, the fall front enclosing a similarly decorated fitted interior with drawers, pigeon holes and a well, above two short and two graduated long drawers, with brass handles to the sides, on turned feet, with various depository labels to the reverse including one for 'J. Allen., London', two typed 'Mrs. Arthur Henri.' and 'Mrs. L. R. Henri'., the mirrors and metalwork largely replaced, restorations
90 in. (229 cm.) high; 38 in. (97 cm.) wide; 20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1700
The double-arched cornice flanked by turned and feathered finials above a pair of mirrored doors painted to the reverse with naive portraits of William and Mary and enclosing pigeon holes, vertical divisions and a central prospect door with tortoiseshell architectural decoration and with candle slides below, the fall front enclosing a similarly decorated fitted interior with drawers, pigeon holes and a well, above two short and two graduated long drawers, with brass handles to the sides, on turned feet, with various depository labels to the reverse including one for 'J. Allen., London', two typed 'Mrs. Arthur Henri.' and 'Mrs. L. R. Henri'., the mirrors and metalwork largely replaced, restorations
90 in. (229 cm.) high; 38 in. (97 cm.) wide; 20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) deep
S.J. Gubbay, thought to have been sold in the 1940s.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 May 1989, lot 34.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 May 1989, lot 34.
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The provenance should read as follows:
S.J. Gubbay, thought to have been sold in the 1940s.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 May 1989, lot 34.
S.J. Gubbay, thought to have been sold in the 1940s.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 May 1989, lot 34.