LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT GENTLEMANS COMPACTUM WARDROBE OF POLITICAL INTEREST
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
£5,750
Auction: 24 September 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
the moulded and reeded cornice above a pair of panelled doors crossbanded in rosewood and with boxwood and ebony stringing, opening to sliding trays, above three graduated long drawers; flanked by twin full length doors and raised on a plain plinth; the interior mounted with an engraved brass commemorative plaque
Dimensions
252cm wide, 230cm high, 65cm deep
Footnote
Provenance:
Selected contents from Denston Hall, Suffolk.
Formerly in the collection of the Earl of Beaconsfield (Benjamin Disraeli).
An engraved brass plaque to the interior states: "this wardrobe, was formerly the property of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Prime minister and was in his London House, 19, Curzon Street, Mayfair. at the time of his Death."