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AN IRISH SATINWOOD, ROSEWOOD BANDED AND LINE INLAID CHEST,
C.1790
of two long drawers, boldly canted sides, on square tapering legs, with raised banding, the drawers
fitted and numbered for office use, one of the drawers with a “
R. Strahan, Dublin
” storage label.
109cm wide 50cm deep, 85cm high
€4000 - 6000
This chest has affinities with furniture supplied by William
Moore to the new Customs House.
637
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CYLINDER WRITING
DESK, C.1790,
with a tambour slide and fitted interior, above a long frieze
drawer and pairs of drawers on either side of the kneehole, on
square tapering legs with prominent brass castors and flanked
by gilt-brass drop carrying handles. 107cm wide, 72cm deep,
109cm high
Provenance: Laidlaw Collection, formerly at Somerton
€2000 - 3000