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A George I Walnut Bureau-On-StandCIRCA 1725 Height: 36.25" Width: 26.5" Depth: 18" Inventory Number 8487-611 Price$58,000DescriptionThe rectangular crossbanded top over a slant front opening to a compartment with prospect door, pigeon holes, two long drawers and four short drawers; over one concave and one long drawer, raised on a stand with one long drawer and shaped apron, on cabriole legs headed by carved shells and suspending bellflowers, ending in trifid pad feet. The later lockplates stamped IVE & CO; inscribed on the base 'Emily Adinson' and marked '6060' in one drawer. Provenances- IllustratedIllustrated:
Nearly identical small scale bureaux are found:
Additional InformationIt is unusual--and indicative of superior quality--that the secondary timber of the large drawers is walnut, while satinwood is used for the smaller compartment drawers. |
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