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A George III Satinwood Bonhuer du Jour in the Manner of George Simson
Height: 4' 3" 131.5cm The sliding and removable superstructure with a pair of doors revealing mahogany beaded pigeonholes and small drawers with ivory handles, the folding top above a sectioned frieze drawer with a further recessed drawer below, inlaid throughout with narrow tulipwood bandings and stringing, with finely figured West Indian satinwood veneers throughout. English, 1790 This piece is very similar to a lady's secretary and cabinet by George Simson, illustrated in Christopher Gilbert's Pictorial Dictionary of Marked English Furniture, 1700-1840, p 422, plate 840. |
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 "A George III Satinwood Bonhuer du Jour in the Manner of George Simson")