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Lot 27
George III Inlaid Mahogany Chest on Chest
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Late 18th century, two part form with removable cornice, mahogany veneer with light wood inlay, pine secondary, cove molded cornice, line inlaid frieze, upper case with two over three graduated drawers with cock beading, canted corners with repeating line inlays, the lower case with three graduated cock beaded drawers, all with bone inlaid escutcheons, shaped bracket foot base.

75.25 x 45 x 21 in.

Private Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

Cornice with corner separation to front right; brasses are old and in the appropriate holes; some veneer buckling; shrinkage crack and spline to right side of case.