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A George III painted and parcel-gilt cabinet-on-stand, circa 1790, almost certainly by George Brookshaw

Sold for £108,000 at Sotheby's on Dec 4, 2024.

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Lot description

the cabinet with an intricately painted floral frieze above panels with a painted duck-egg blue ground, the panel doors centred by roundels depicting scenes after Angelica Kauffmann, the sides also with roundels depicting Classical scenes, enclosing an arrangement of pigeon holes and drawers fronted with painted grisaille profiles, resting on a base with a conforming painted floral frieze and on tapering reeded legs joined by an X stretcher, the decoration partially refreshed 183.5cm high, 86.5cm wide, 37.7cm deep; 6 ft. ¼ in., 2ft. 10 in., 1ft. 2 ⅞ in.

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