Lot 495
  • 495

A George I Inlaid Walnut Small Bureau Cabinet

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • height 5 ft. 8 1/2 in.; width 21 1/2 in.; depth 14 in.
  • 174 cm; 54.6 cm; 35.6 cm
in three parts, the upper section with an arched concave cornice above an arched glazed door;  the middle section with a slant front opening to a polished writing surface, and concave prospect door flanked by fluted pilasters, small drawers and pigeonholes, further flanked by stepped small drawers all over a long drawer opening to a compartmentalized interior fitted with lidded boxes, the sides fitted with candle slides, the lower section with molded waist above a hinged writing panel with polished surface and four graduated drawers, above bracket feet; the top and middle section now fixed.

Provenance

Collection of Geoffrey James Monro, Esq.

Sold, Christie’s, London, June 27, 1985, lot 31