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Lot 220

AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY LOW CLOTHES PRESS, FORMERLY AT CASTLE HOWARD, YORKSHIRE
1760s–1770s

Rectangular, the top with moulded edge above a pair of doors with fielded panels enclosing three original sliding trays, a pair of drawers below, on bracket feet, the drawers retaining their original gilt bronze pulls, the inner side of one door retaining an applied card inventory label with printed heading 'C.H.' followed by '41 / 1942' in pen and ink, a paper label to the back inscribed in ink 'Mr Howard's Bedroom'
125cm high, 116cm wide, 59cm

Estimate $800 - $1,200

Sold for $950


Probably made for the Howard family, to furnish Castle Howard
Sotheby's, Castle Howard, York, 11–13 November 1991, purchased by the following
Creswick Antiques, Melbourne, from whom acquired by the parents of the vendor in February 1992

Decorative Arts

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8805
4:00pm - 30 March 2026
Hawthorn

VIEWING
Fri 27 - Sun 29 March, 11am - 5pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn, VIC

CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au


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