Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
A GEORGE I BLACK JAPANNED BUREAU, CIRCA 1720
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A GEORGE I BLACK JAPANNED BUREAU, CIRCA 1720
the fall opening to reveal an interior with small drawers and pigeonholes and a well with sliding cover enclosing concealed compartments, on ebonised legs
100cm. high, 118cm. wide, 63.5cm. deep; 3ft. 3½in., by 3ft. 11in., 2ft. 1in.
Inventory, 1949, 'A black and gold lacquer Bureau, mounted on round legs with pad feet, 3’6” wide' in the South Bedroom
For a related red and gilt-japanned bureau cabinet on a similar stand, see that sold Sotheby's London, Important English Furniture, 30 November 2001, lot 49.