ID 437234
Lot 165 | A GEORGE III POLYCHROME-PAINTED FITTED BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 20 000
DESIGNED BY JAMES WYATT, CIRCA 1785-90
With four pine doors applied with blind arches and tracery, opening to reveal an oak interior with fitments for shelving above four further doors with gothic tracery and central shield, formed as removable panels, hinging forward to reveal further shelf fitments, each section flanked by cluster columns and surmounted by a strawberry leaf cornice, the interior with eighteenth century hand painted lettering to the upper doors ‘Ee’, ‘Ff’, ‘Gg’ and ‘Hh’ and to the lower compartments ‘Ee Cl:’, ‘Ff Cl:’, Gg Cl:’ and Hh Cl:’
108 ¼ in. (275 cm.) high; 121 in. (307 cm.) wide: 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe |
| Auction house category: | Cupboards |
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe |
| Auction house category: | Cupboards |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |



