Lot 17
  • 17

A William IV rosewood chiffonier circa 1835

Estimate
700 - 1,000 GBP
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Description

  • 127cm. high, 91cm. wide, 38cm. deep; 4ft. 8in., 2ft. 11½in., 1ft. 3in.
with a Chinese carved and painted parcel-gilt gallery and applied similar parcel-gilt Chinese panels, the door enclosing a shelf

Provenance

Miles Thomas Stapleton, 8th Lord Beaumont (1805 - 1854).  Thence by descent.

Literature

Catalogue of All the Furniture and Effects in Carlton Hall Selby, 1854, p.111, listed in the 'First floor East side of the Wing. The first Breakfast Room'.

Condition

Good general condition. Minor losses and old marks and scratches. Some of the carved giltwood ornament is loose. Very decorative.
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