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A GEORGE I BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT AND GILTWOOD BUREAU-CABINET

Starting price
£ 50 000
Auction dateClassic
22.09.2022 11:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 812311
Lot 128 | A GEORGE I BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT AND GILTWOOD BUREAU-CABINET
Feather-banded overall, the arched cresting with three turned finials above a moulded frieze over two doors inset with bevelled mirror-plates and lined with baize enclosing a fitted interior of drawers and compartments centred by a cupboard door, the sides mounted with handles, the bureau with a leather-lined flap enclosing a fitted interior centred by a removable compartment with pilasters and a mirror-plate, flanked by pigeon-holes and an arrangement of three drawers on each side, above a bombe lower section of three graduated drawers between keels with shaped mounts, on paw feet, the sides mounted with handles, the feet and brackets replaced, mirrors apparently original but lacking backboards
89. 1/2 in. (227.5 cm.) high; 40 in. (102.5 cm.) wide; 23. 1/4 in. (59 cm.) deep
Artist:Giles Grendey (1693-1780)
Medium:Brass, Walnut
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:United Kingdom
Auction house category:Cupboards
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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08.09.2022 – 22.09.2022
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