Lot 142
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LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY HARLEQUIN METAMORPHIC WRITING AND DRESSING TABLE
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art from 1600 | 580
Auction: 20 November 2019 at 10:00 GMT
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Description
the hinged divided top opening to a ratchet adjusted writing slope and rising superstructure with pigeonholes and drawers, flanked by covered document compartments, above a dummy drawer and real long drawer with brass handles to the sides, over a concave compartment with tambour doors, all raised on turned tapered legs ending in brass castors
Dimensions
66cm wide, 132cm open, 87cm high, 53cm deep
Footnote
Note: This form is based on two slightly different designs in The Cabinet-Makers' London Book of Prices, 1788, pls. 10 and 9