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            n        A GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED PADOUK BOOKCASE
                     CIRCA 1765

                     Of breakfront outline, the stop-futed cornice above beveled glazed   PROVENANCE
                     panel doors fanked by ribbon-tied husks, above a central cupboard   Property of The Trustees of the will of the late E.C.P. Lascelles and the
                     now ftted with two later adjustable slides, inscribed ‘6854’ twice to the   property of Miss A. L. Lascelles, Removed from Woolbeding House,
                     reverse, unexplained patched repairs adjacent to the locks to each of the   Sussex, Sotheby’s London, 20 November 1970, lot 82.
                     glazed doors indicating a possible change to the glazing bars  Acquired from Vernay & Jussel, New York, 30 October 1991.
                                                                        The Irving Collection, no. DR05.
                     95Ω in. (243 cm.) high, 71 in. (183 cm.) wide, 20 in. (51 cm.) deep
                     $15,000-25,000


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