Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
3 July 1931
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/950
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    171 172 173 174 175 176 177 23 A Sheraton mahogany Bookcase, with a pear-drop cornice, and the sliding shelves enclosed by a pair of glazed doors with moulded astrigals, the lower part in the form of a chest of drawers, with reeded and canted corners, and four long drawers in the ser- pentine front, on shaped bracket feet, 3 ft. 81m. high, and 7 ft. 3m. wide A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY ‘Tripod TABLE, with a carved top, supported on a fluted and carved central stem, on tripod feet, carved on the knees with shell and acanthus foliage terminating with claw and ball feet, 1 ft. 8 in. wide A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY Carp TABLE, with a shaped folding top, supported on cabriole legs, carved on the knees with acanthus leafage and united by a frieze with a deeply carved border, terminating in claw and ball feet, 2 ft. 10 in. wide [See ILLUSTRATION. | A Georce IT pine Mrrror, with a rectangular silvered plate, con- tained in a frame of architectural design, the borders carved with egg and tongue motifs, surmounted by.a carved broken pediment, and a boldly carved gilt figure of an eagle displayed in the centre of the cartouche, 4 ft. 8 in. high, 2 ft. 41n. wide A FINE GEoRGE I] WALNUT STOOL, with an upholstered seat covered in crimson leather, supported on cabriole legs carved at the tops with reeded fan motifs and “C” scrolls, terminating with club feet, 1 ft. Yin. wide [See ILLUSTRATION. | AN UNUSUAL EARLY GEORGIAN MAHOGANY CENTRE PEDESTAL T'ABLE, with a banded top and a pull-out slide in the frieze, three drawers below, supported on two pedestals, each containing three drawers, on bracket feet, with a central recessed cupboard in the centre, the reverse side fitted with dummy drawer fronts, 3 ft. 8in. wide A FINE CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY ARM-CHAIR of unusual shape, with a carved and shaped top rail, supported by a pierced vase- shape splat crisply carved with acanthus foliage, the shaped and scrolled arms carved with leafage, supported on square legs and stretchers [See ILLUSTRATION. |
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