A George Iii Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

In six sections with moulded rectangular dentiled cornice and broken pediment centred by a stand and carved with an arcaded moulding above gothic blind fretwork and a pair of geometrically-glazed cupboard doors enclosing six shelves, flanked by two glazed sections each with moulded domed cornice and plain glazing bars headed by confronting C-scrolls and foliage issuing from a Corinthian capital, enclosing three shelves, the base centred by a pair of panelled cupboard doors with re-entrant corners and inlaid with chequer-banding, flanked on each side by a door with conforming decoration and enclosing a single drawer, the interior door stiles painted with a non-sequential series of numbers

Estimate:£20,000

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