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A Pair Of Regency Library Cabinets With Giltwood Detailing And Faux Book Panels

Offered by: Carlton Hobbs, LLC

Description
Faux books and mirror glass. Each with white marble top with straight front and concave ends, rests upon a plain frieze set with giltwood roundel and patereae and centered by a giltwood star motif. The central door with plain lozenge pattern brass grills encloses a panel of three rows of faux books. The door is flanked by ebonzied circular parcel gilt columns surmounted by Egyptian busts. The concave ends with three fixed shelves and mirror glass panel backing. The whole raised on four massive giltwood leonine feet with gadrooned collars. One mirror panel a recent replacement using old glass. Small repairs and replacements to gilt detailing. The tops old but with repairs and slightly shortened at the widest extremities.

More Information

Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Of rosewood, giltwood, gilt composition and gilt brass.
Creation Date:	Early 19th Century.
Number of Pieces:	2-3
Styles / Movements:	Régence
Dealer Reference #:	11442
Incollect Reference #:	257963

Dimensions

W.	50.98 in;	H.	37.2 in;	D.	13.78 in;
W.	129.5 cm;	H.	94.5 cm;	D.	35 cm;

Message from Seller:

Carlton Hobbs specializes in the acquisition, conservation, and research of 17th, 18th and 19th century British and Continental furniture and works of art, with a focus on pieces of exceptional merit, including specially commissioned items with royal or aristocratic provenance and pieces designed by architects.