A Pair of Regency Revival Ormolu Mounted Satinwood and Amaranth-Inlaid Bookcases

Second Quarter 19th Century

on castors.
Height 31 x width 24 x depth 15 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:

Mallett Ltd., London, 25 March 1994 (with copy of invoice)

Note:

The high quality timbers and refined, finely executed design of this pair of bookcases could be the work of the London firms Morel and Seddon or Banting, France and Company, both of whom supplied related furniture for George IV at Windsor Castle in the 1820s. Morel and Seddon were the primary source of the furnishings from Windsor’s extensive renovation from 1827-1830, furnishing 59 rooms.

One foot missing its applied decorative boss. Hand-inscriptions underneath read 12.318 and 104.94 (on each bookcase).

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Property from the Fred and Kay Krehbiel Collection, Part I

A Pair of Regency Revival Ormolu Mounted Satinwood and Amaranth-Inlaid Bookcases

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