Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 1 - 20 Apr 2021
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND BURR YEW PORTABLE WRITING CABINET
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND BURR YEW PORTABLE WRITING CABINET
C.1790-1800
inlaid with stringing, the top with a military style sunken brass handle above a pair of burr veneered hinged swing doors, each fitted with six graduated marble paper lined drawers with satinwood banding and turned bone handles, with a central hinged writing slope the base inlaid with a conch shell, later lined with rexine
27.5cm high, 36.2cm wide, 25.3cm deep
Provenance
The Estate of the late Jane Sumner.
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