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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY INVERTED BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE
CIRCA 1825
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY INVERTED BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE CIRCA 1825 With a central tablet and S-scroll cresting flanked by stepped pediments above a moulded cornice and four glazed and wire-grille doors enclosing mahogany edged adjustable shelves, divided by panelled uprights veneered in plum-pudding mahogany, the base with similar doors, both hinged on the left and enclosing further adjustable shelves and divided by turned uprights on a plinth base, the left end veneered in plum pudding mahogany, the inner glazed panels possibly added slightly later, the tablet, scrolls and stepped pediments added 120 in. (305 cm.) high; 122 in. (310 cm.) wide; 23 in. (59 cm.) deep