A FINE PAIR OF GEORGE III ROSEWOOD AND BRASS INLAID TALL OPEN BOOKCASES

June 15 2009, 12:03pm

English. Circa 1800. Of rosewood with brass line inlay and gilt brass handles. Each bookcase with five graduated stepped fixed shelves divided by a center partition and all inlaid with a brass line to the front edge. The backboard of faux rosewood. The base set with paired drawers centred by finely cast oval drop handles. The whole raised on four turned bun feet. Provenance: Clivedon House, Bucks. The Astor Family.