William IV Diminutive Double-Sided Rosewood Bookcase with Exotic Marble Parquetry Top
having rectangular top finely inlaid with a geometric parquetry pattern of exotic marbles above open shelving to both sides, the ends simulated as gilt-tooled leather book spines flanked by reeded column supports, raised on a square plinth base, early 19th century
height 30 1/2 inches, width 25 inches, depth 16 1/2 inches
Provenance: From a Park Avenue, New York, estate (no receipt available, information came from family database)
Kentshire Galleries, New York; purchased November 6, 2001 ($51,960)
Condition
Presents well, in overall very good condition, slight scratching to marble surface, slight rippling to veneer, slight loss to leather on both sides
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