A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY SERPENTINE SIDEBOARD PROBABLY IRISH, LATE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER the crossbanded top with boxwood stringing, above a central frieze drawer with a satinwood panel inlaid with a vase and flowers, flanked by a pair of decanter drawers decorated with a crossbanded circular frame inlaid with an octagonal panel, each with pierced gilt brass pull handles, the legs and brackets inlaid with scrolling flowering foliate motifs issuing from ewers, on stepped feet 91cm high, 211cm wide, 58cm deep Provenance The family collection formed at Well Head House, Halifax, Yorkshire.

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