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Lot 220
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND INDIAN ROSEWOOD DRESSING CHEST
CIRCA 1780
Closed9 May 2018
Price Realised
USD 6,875
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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND INDIAN ROSEWOOD DRESSING CHEST
CIRCA 1780
The concave shaped superstructure with a bookshelf above three drawers flanked by cupboard doors enclosing a shelf, above a chest with four graduated drawers, inscribed in chalk to underside of drawer Geo. Rich, with inventory label inscribed D.R. 51.1032
44 ¾ in. (113.5 cm.) high, 36 ½ in. (92.5 cm.) wide, 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1780
The concave shaped superstructure with a bookshelf above three drawers flanked by cupboard doors enclosing a shelf, above a chest with four graduated drawers, inscribed in chalk to underside of drawer Geo. Rich, with inventory label inscribed D.R. 51.1032
44 ¾ in. (113.5 cm.) high, 36 ½ in. (92.5 cm.) wide, 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND INDIAN ROSEWOOD DRESSING CHEST
CIRCA 1780
The concave shaped superstructure with a bookshelf above three drawers flanked by cupboard doors enclosing a shelf, above a chest with four graduated drawers, inscribed in chalk to underside of drawer Geo. Rich, with inventory label inscribed D.R. 51.1032
44 ¾ in. (113.5 cm.) high, 36 ½ in. (92.5 cm.) wide, 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1780
The concave shaped superstructure with a bookshelf above three drawers flanked by cupboard doors enclosing a shelf, above a chest with four graduated drawers, inscribed in chalk to underside of drawer Geo. Rich, with inventory label inscribed D.R. 51.1032
44 ¾ in. (113.5 cm.) high, 36 ½ in. (92.5 cm.) wide, 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep
Acquired from Stuart and Turner, London, 1948.
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 297, no. 311.
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