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AN IMPORTANT QUEEN ANNE GILT GESSO DRESSING TABLE A highly important and very rare Queen Anne gilt gesso dressing table, retaining most of is original gilding, the rectangular top centred by an acanthus spray and issuing further foliate sprays within a moulded border surrounded by strapwork and foliate scrolls, above three short drawers over a shaped apron, the front and sides also decorated with scrolling foliage and acanthus, raised on cabriole legs with acanthus at the knees and on the pad feet, both at the front and back. F2G0033 English, circa 1715 Ring handles replaced Height: 28žin (73cm) Width: 30Ÿin (77cm) Depth: 20in (51cm) Literature: Percy Macquoid, The Age of Mahogany, p27, fig 23 Percy Macquoid & Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1927, Vol III, p216, fig 7
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