A GEORGE III MAHOGANY, PADOUK AND GONCALO ALVES BUREAU-CABINET
CIRCA 1780, POSSIBLY NORTH COUNTRY
The broken swan-neck pediment with inlaid flowerhead scroll terminals above a similarly inlaid central bracket flanked by crossbanded figured panels inlaid with urns, centred by a rosette, the frieze with blind fluting above a corbelled band, the two doors with arched crossbanded astragals enclosing a silk-lined interior with glass shelves, the projecting lower part with four figured and crossbanded graduated drawers, the upper drawer inlaid with oval fan medallions and foliate corners enclosing a writing-surface and an arrangement of satinwood and marquetry pigeonholes and drawers, on crossbanded bracket feet, the sides of the lower section reveneered
101 in. (256.5 cm.) high; 43 1/4 in. (110 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY, PADOUK AND GONCALO ALVES BUREAU-CABINET
CIRCA 1780, POSSIBLY NORTH COUNTRY
The broken swan-neck pediment with inlaid flowerhead scroll terminals above a similarly inlaid central bracket flanked by crossbanded figured panels inlaid with urns, centred by a rosette, the frieze with blind fluting above a corbelled band, the two doors with arched crossbanded astragals enclosing a silk-lined interior with glass shelves, the projecting lower part with four figured and crossbanded graduated drawers, the upper drawer inlaid with oval fan medallions and foliate corners enclosing a writing-surface and an arrangement of satinwood and marquetry pigeonholes and drawers, on crossbanded bracket feet, the sides of the lower section reveneered
101 in. (256.5 cm.) high; 43 1/4 in. (110 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep
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