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A superb Chippendale carved mahogany and inlaid breakfront bookcase, the moulded
swan-neck dentilled pediment carved with fish-scale ornament and with ebonized
mouldings; the central sliding door and hinged flanking doors with fine moulded
astragals; the lower section fitted with four doors, each with raised double mouldings
and inlaid with a multiple star motif in ebony and satinwood, on a plain moulded
plinth inlaid with ebonized bands. English circa: 1762. (Mahogany veneer).
