Lot Details
Lot 278
George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Cabinet
In five parts, the dentil-molded cornice with swan's-neck pediment above a stigil-carved frieze centered by a panel with drapery swag above ogee-arched glazed doors opening to adjustable shelves, the projecting lower section with Vitruvian scroll frieze centered by cupboard doors opening to shelves and flanked by graduated drawers, on a molded plinth. Height 112 inches (284.5 cm), width 84 inches (213.5 cm), depth 22 inches (55.9 cm).
Provenance:
Rice & Christy, London.
Frank Partridge & Sons, Ltd., London.
Daniel H. Farr, New York.
Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly, 1 East 71st Street, New York.
Her collection, sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Sotheby's, New York, Part 1, January 6-8, 1955, lot 463.
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, October 18, 2006, lot 278.
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