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A George I walnut bureau cabinet early 18th century, with an…
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Melbourne
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15-Sep-2012
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A George I walnut bureau cabinet early 18th century, with an arched cornice above a shaped rectangular mirrored door and fall front writing surface opening to pigeon holes and drawers, the lower section with two short drawers and three full length drawers, bracket feet, 75 x 191 x 45 cm. Provenance: Acquired Christie's London, 15th September 2005, lot 84. Note: the cabinet's mirrored 'Palladian' or 'Roman Ionic' facade relates to the work of cabinet maker Samuel Bennett (d. 1741) (C. Gilbert, pictorial Dictionary of marked London furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, fig. 113).
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