A GEORGE II BRASS-MOUNTED AND PARCEL-GILT MAHOGANY BUREAU-CABINET
A GEORGE II BRASS-MOUNTED AND PARCEL-GILT MAHOGANY BUREAU-CABINET
FROM THE CIRCLE OF JOHN CHANNON, CIRCA 1730 - 45
The broken arched pediment with turned reeded finials above a pair of bevelled mirrored doors enclosing two adjustable mahogany shelves, the fall-front revealing a fitted interior with pigeon holes and seven brass-line inlaid drawers around a central prospect door, and with a well, above seven short and long drawers, on ogee bracket feet, the escutcheons and backplates engraved throughout with scrolls and lion masks, the drawers mahogany-lined, mirrors replaced, repairs to feet
91 ½ in. (232 cm.) high; 39 ½ in. (100 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
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Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 6 October 1994, lot 161
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A GEORGE II BRASS-MOUNTED AND PARCEL-GILT MAHOGANY BUREAU-CABINET
FROM THE CIRCLE OF JOHN CHANNON, CIRCA 1730 - 45
The broken arched pediment with turned reeded finials above a pair of bevelled mirrored doors enclosing two adjustable mahogany shelves, the fall-front revealing a fitted interior with pigeon holes and seven brass-line inlaid drawers around a central prospect door, and with a well, above seven short and long drawers, on ogee bracket feet, the escutcheons and backplates engraved throughout with scrolls and lion masks, the drawers mahogany-lined, mirrors replaced, repairs to feet
91 ½ in. (232 cm.) high; 39 ½ in. (100 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
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Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 6 October 1994, lot 161
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