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A Victorian walnut pier cabinet, with rounded corners above a pair of glazed doors with bellflower and egg and dart moulded beading enclosing adjustable shelves and flanked by flat ebonised pilasters and with shaped apron beneath. Width 46.5 ins (see illustration).

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A William IV mahogany sideboard, with drop centre, flanked on either side by a pedestal with drawer and cupboard to right and two cupboards to left, with further pair of panelled cupboard doors beneath and raised on short turned legs. Width 69 ins (see illustration).

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A George III mahogany drum table, the circular top with green gilt tooled leather surface and crossbanded edge above a series of four actual and four dummy drawers each with cockbeading and brass knob handle, with top swivelling on a turned column and with four downswept legs terminating in paw feet. Diameter 48 ins (see illustration).

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An Edwardian inlaid mahogany dressing table seat, with low back, upholstered seat hinging to an open interior and raised on tapered legs of square section.

Sold for £200

An early Victorian rosewood turnover top tea table, the well figured top with rounded corners supported by a recessed frieze with foliate carved scrolling mouldings, with centre lobed and turned column with circular platform beneath raised on four downswept foliate carved scroll feet. Width 36 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £380

A part Georgian and later Chippendale style side cabinet, with fretwork pediment above a pair of glazed doors with wooden astragals enclosing shelves, with candle slides beneath and raised on a blind fretwork carved base. Width 35 ins.

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A late 19th century mahogany and rosewood settee, with moulded exposed showframe, upholstered back, stuffover seat and padded arms, with a trellis patterned material and raised on short fluted front legs terminating in castors. Width 72 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £480

A near pair of Victorian mahogany writing tables, each with green gilt tooled leather writing surface and crossbanded moulded edge and each fitted with two frieze drawers with wooden knob handles and moulded drawer fronts, raised on faceted legs terminating in brass capped ceramic castors. Each width 42 ins, one height 30 ins the other 30.5 ins.

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A George III style mahogany framed settee, with arched back, rollover arms and squab cushion upholstered in a foliate patterned and striped material and raised on fluted legs. Width 83 ins.

Sold for £480

A George III oak dresser base, with associated Delft rack, the rack with moulded cornice above a series of open shelves, the base with moulded edge above a series of drawers and cupboards with brass drop handles and raised on stile feet. Width 71 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1300

A Regency mahogany standing corner cupboard, with crossbanded and cockbeaded arched moulded cornice above a pair of panelled cupboard doors enclosing shelves and flanked by canted angles, the base with further pair of doors also enclosing shelves and raised on bracket feet. Width 46 ins (see illustration).

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A George III mahogany longcase clock by Emanuel Burton of Kendal, with moulded cornice above a fretwork frieze, with centre glass panel with print behind depicting The Reaper and the emblem "Stay For No Man" and above the 12.75 inch square arched dial and eight-day striking movement by Emanuel Burton, Kendal, with moon phase to the arch, with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, flanked by simple turned columns, with long crossbanded trunk door with fluted quarter columns and with conforming base raised on bracket feet. Height 93 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £3200

An early 18th century walnut tallboy, in two sections, the top half with a moulded cornice above two short and two long graduated drawers with brass swans neck drop handles, pierced backplates and similar lock escutcheons and crossbanded strung drawer fronts, the base fitted with two further drawers and the whole raised on bracket feet (see illustration).

Sold for £3100

A Chinese padouk wood jardiniere stand, with rouge marble insert to foliate carved moulded edge, pierced frieze and downswept legs united by a raised shelf and terminating in claw and ball feet. Diameter 22 ins (see illustration).

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A George III Chippendale period kettle stand, with full wavy gallery to well figured top with candle slide beneath, with further edge moulding and raised on four tapered chamfered moulded legs with fretwork corner brackets. Width 11.5 ins, height 26.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1500

A fine George III mahogany longcase clock by William Lassell Toxteth Park, having a steeple and ball finial above the swans neck pediment with giltwood rose terminals and verre eglomise panels above the arched glazed door enclosing the 13 inch arched silvered dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary Arabic numerals, centre date hand, subsidiary seconds dial and two-train striking movement with moon phase inscribed to the centre "Will Lafsell, Toxteth Park", flanked on either side by a half round fluted column and full round fluted column and in turn above the long shaped trunk door with moulded edge flanked by quarter round column corners and with conforming base raised on bracket feet. Height 98 ins including finial (see illustration).

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A George III mahogany chest of drawers, with applied moulded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers with brass swans neck drop handles and cockbeading to each drawer front, flanked by fluted quarter column corners and raised on ogee bracket feet. Width 40 ins.

Sold for £260

A Victorian mahogany Scotch chest of drawers, with inverted breakfront, serpentine top drawer, three deep drawers and three graduated drawers with wooden knob handles and cockbeading to each drawer front, flanked by scroll and foliate corbals, with plinth base and turned feet. Width 47.5 ins.

Sold for £220

A John Whittle & Son Limited of Whitehaven walnut bedroom suite, comprising wardrobe, washstand and dressing chest, in the Art Nouveau style.

Sold for £240

A George III mahogany china table or cabinet in the manner of William Linnell, circa 1760, having a spindled gallery above a bowfront and open aperture flanked on either side by two cupboard doors, with open shelf beneath and raised on short feet. Height 37 ins, width 39.5 ins, depth 18.5 ins. The form of this "china table" relates closely to the Japanned Furniture supplied by William Linnell to The Duke of Beaufort for the Chinese Bedroom at Badminton House, Gloucestershire. Linnell is also credited with the black and gilt Japanned cabinet made for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Vt. and Late Lord Scarsdale for Kedleston Hall and illustrated in H. Hayward and P. Kirkham, William & John Linell, London, 1980, Volume 2, P. 113, 219. An almost identical piece from the Collection of The Earles of Dysart at Ham House is illustrated by Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1st Edition, Volume 1, page 167, figure 35 which was subsequently sold at Sotheby's, London, A Collection of English Furniture, Barometers and Clocks Formed by a Gentleman Residing in New York, 27-28 June 1974, lot 26 (see illustration).

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A fine George III mahogany serving table, of serpentine outline with boxwood strung and crossbanded edge above a single drawer with brass rope twist drop handles with embossed circular backplates, with boxwood stringing, crossbanding and cockbeading to the drawer front and raised on tapered legs of square section. Width 48 ins, depth 23 ins, height 37 ins (see illustration).

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A Sheraton period mahogany cellarette, having a domed top with centre shell and oval panel to interior fitted with six divisions, with bone lock escutcheon, brass carrying handle to either side and raised on legs of square tapering section terminating in brass castors. Width 16 ins (see illustration).

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A George III oak and mahogany crossbanded standing corner cupboard, having a moulded cornice above a pair of mahogany banded panelled doors enclosing green painted shaped shelves and flanked by canted angles, the base with pair of panelled cupboard doors also, the whole raised on bracket feet. Width 46 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £180

A George III hexagonal mahogany wine cooler, brass bound and with brass carrying handle to either side, the top hinging to an open interior and with base raised on three tapered legs of square section. Width 18.5 ins (see illustration).

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A George III mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top with moulded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers with brass drop handles with oval backplates and cockbeading to each drawer front, with shaped apron beneath and raised on splayed bracket feet. With 43 ins.

Sold for £400

An early 19th century oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock by Richardson of Brampton, with swans neck pediment with punched brass terminals above the arched painted dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and date dial and eight-day striking movement, flanked by fluted columns, with crossbanded trunk door beneath with quarter round column corners and with conforming base raised on bracket feet. Height 88 ins.

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A George III mahogany cellarette, rectangular, with moulded edge, brass lock escutcheon and fretwork spandrels and raised on moulded chamfered legs terminating in castors. Width 19 ins.

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A Victorian mahogany kneehole desk, with three quarter gallery and moulded edge above a frieze drawer flanked on either side by four further graduated drawers with wooden knob handles and cockbeading to each drawer front, with plinth base. Width 52.5 ins.

Sold for £880

A nest of three Regency rosewood tables, each rectangular with inset bead and raised on ring turned supports with stretcher and downswept feet. Width 19 ins (see illustration).

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A Victorian cast iron garden chair, oak leaf, acorn and branch pattern. Width 24 ins.

Sold for £300

A George III mahogany turnover top tea table, with rounded corners, recessed frieze and raised on moulded legs of rectangular section. Width 34 ins.

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A Chippendale period bureau bookcase, with broken triangular pediment with Greek key moulding and centre giltwood and gesso eagle and ball in turn above a pair of panelled cupboard doors enclosing shelves, the base with slope front with original brass lock escutcheon and well fitted interior with brown tooled leather writing surface above two short and three long graduated drawers with brass drop handles, shaped backplates and original lock escutcheons, with cockbeading to each drawer front, with moulding below and raised on blind fretwork carved ogee moulded bracket feet. Width 46 ins, height 94 ins, depth 23 ins (see illustration).

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A set of twelve Regency reproduction dining chairs, two arm and ten single chairs in the Whitehaven style, each with drop in seat upholstered in blue leather and raised on tapered legs of square section (see illustration).

Sold for £1200

A Victorian mahogany bookcase on cupboard, with moulded cornice above a pair of arched glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with one long drawer above a pair of arched panelled doors enclosing shelves and with plinth base beneath. Width 46 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £150

A Louis XVI style settee, with moulded exposed showframe and double Bergere panelled sides, with loose cushions upholstered in a striped beige and gold material, the whole raised on short fluted legs.

Sold for £200

A pair of William IV mahogany hall chairs, each with scroll carved back, solid seat and turned and faceted front legs.

Sold for £260

A Victorian mahogany bidet, with cover and plate glass top.

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A large Victorian rosewood oval breakfast table, the well figured top with moulded edge and recessed frieze with snap action to turned and carved column with four downswept legs terminating in scroll feet and castors. Width 60 ins (see illustration).

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A George III mahogany chest of drawers, rectangular, the top with moulded edge and rounded corners and with applied fretwork in turn above a slide and four graduated drawers with bras drop handles, with moulding below and raised on bracket feet. Width 33 ins.

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A William IV rosewood turnover top tea table, rectangular, with moulded frieze, faceted column and quatreform base. Width 36 ins.

Sold for £100

A late Victorian walnut veneered and satinwood occasional table, of shaped outline with chessboard top and raised on cabriole legs with ormolu mounts united by a raised shaped shelf. Width 18 ins (see illustration).

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A Victorian mahogany Scotch chest of drawers.

Sold for £300

A George III oak dresser base, the rectangular top with moulded edge above three frieze drawers with brass drop handles in turn above a centre double panel flanked on either side by a panelled cupboard door, with moulding below and raised on stile feet. Width 61.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1300

A George III mahogany two part chest, the rectangular top with moulded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers with brass drop handles with oval backplates and raised on bracket feet. Width 42 ins.

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A mahogany whatnot stand, reduced to two tiers, with turned columns, single drawer with brass drop handles and raised on short turned feet terminating in castors. Width 21 ins.

Sold for £130

A small oak coffer, rectangular, with four plank body and silhouette sides, with brass drop carrying handle to either side. Width 25 ins.

Sold for £150

A William & Mary yew wood chest of drawers, the rectangular top quarter veneered and strung in geometric fashion, with crossbanded moulded edge above two short and two long drawers with original brass teardrop handles, petal shaped backplates and original lock escutcheons, with moulding below and raised on bun feet. Width 36 ins, height 34 ins, depth 20.5 ins (see illustration).

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A Victorian mahogany extending dining table, with pullout action and complete with three leaves, having a recessed frieze and raised on turned and faceted legs terminating in castors. Length extended 90 ins.

Sold for £100

A George III mahogany rectangular dressing table/washstand, the top hinging left and right to reveal a folding mirror and fitted interior with compartments, lift out trays and apertures for accessories in turn above a frieze drawer (see illustration).

Sold for £650

An Edwardian mahogany spider legged Sutherland table, with rectangular flaps raised on turned supports with short legs terminating in pad feet. Width 26 ins.

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An Edwardian inlaid mahogany tray topped three tier stand, with lift off tray, serpentine edge and raised on shaped legs. Width 27 ins (see illustration).

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A set of seven Regency/William IV mahogany dining chairs, comprising two carver and five single chairs, each raised on turned front legs.

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A George III oak cupboard, the rectangular top with moulded edge and canted angles above a pair of panelled cupboard doors in turn above two drawers and two further cupboards. Width 44 ins.

Sold for £420

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany display case, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a ribbon and bellflower swag frieze, with centre decorative panel beneath, flanked on either side by a glazed door with wooden astragals enclosing cloth lined shelves, with two drawers beneath with brass drop handles and raised on legs of square tapering section terminating in spade feet. Width 41.5 ins.

Sold for £260

A late 19th century mahogany chest of drawers, in the George III style, serpentine fronted, with brass drop handles with punched backplates and raised on tall bracket feet. Width 23 ins.

Sold for £300

A Victorian walnut pier cabinet, the top being crossbanded with moulded edge of serpentine outline above a crossbanded and glazed door enclosing a series of shelves, flanked by canted angles with ormolu mounts and raised on a plinth base. Width 33.5 ins.

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A mahogany open bookcase, with detachable moulded cornice above a series of adjustable shelves, flanked by quarter round columns and raised on a plinth base. Width 51 ins, height 81 ins, depth 15 ins.

Sold for £420

A 19th century mahogany occasional table, the rectangular top with moulded edge and canted angles supported by a simple turned column with downswept legs. Width 16 ins.

Sold for £50

A Victorian style conversation settee, deep buttoned and piped and upholstered in an embossed beige scroll patterned material with fringed base.

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A Victorian mahogany stool, of shaped outline raised on four cabriole legs. Width 21.5 ins.

Sold for £80

An Art Nouveau inlaid mahogany cabinet, bearing label for Christopher Pratt & Sons, Cabinetmakers & Upholsterers, Bradford, the whole inlaid with stylised leaf and other foliate motifs and with a series of cupboards, open apertures and shelves and raised on short bracket feet. Width 62 ins (see illustration).

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A set of six early 19th century Country Oak kitchen chairs, each with bowed top rail, slat back and solid seat and raised on front legs of square section.

Sold for £400

An early 19th century mahogany chest of drawers.

Sold for £160

A George III oak coffer, the four panelled top above a carved frieze with three further panels and raised on stile feet. Width 42.5 ins.

Sold for £400

A late Victorian walnut desk, the rectangular top with leather writing surface above a series of frieze drawers, with turned supports beneath raised on low spindled galleried shelves, with short feet and castors beneath. Width 42 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £190

An oak side table, with triple ached rear upstand, rectangular top and foliate carved frieze, with barley sugar twist turned supports to low shelf and raised on bracket feet. Width 40 ins.

Sold for £150

A Victorian mahogany side table, the top of shaped outline and fitted with a frieze drawer, raised on turned supports united by a low stretcher. Width 43.5 ins.

Sold for £50

An oak coffer, the three panelled front with applied half round mouldings and carved decoration, raised on stile feet. Width 50.5 ins.

Sold for £90

A set of four Sheraton period mahogany dining chairs, each with a moulded top rail set between turned stiles and with simple turned spindle backs, with stuffover seats upholstered in beige foliate patterned material and raised on simple turned tapered front legs (see illustration).

Sold for £200

An Edwardian mahogany three piece suite, with exposed showframe, reeded arm supports and legs and upholstered in a pastel yellow cell patterned material (see illustration).

Sold for £320

A Victorian mahogany pole screen, with woolwork tapestry panel, brass column and fluted and lobed base raised on three downswept legs.

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A George III mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top with applied moulded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers with brass swans neck drop handles and cockbeading to each drawer front, flanked by quarter round fluted columns and raised on tall bracket feet. Width 47 ins.

Sold for £400

A part 17th century and Victorian oak refectory table, with four plank top supported by a scratch moulded frieze and raised on four turned legs with low stretchers. Width 29 ins, length 78 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £880

A late Victorian walnut mirror back sideboard, the top half with moulded dentil cornice above a bevelled mirror, shelves and fretwork side supports, the base fitted with two drawers above a pair of foliate carved panelled doors all with brass drop handles and with plinth and bracket feet beneath. Width 55 ins.

Sold for £100

A Victorian satin walnut marble topped bedside cabinet, with wooden knob handle and with plinth base. Width 14 ins.

Sold for £130

An 18th century Dutch marquetry chest of drawers, of serpentine outline, with floral and figural marquetry and with four drawers each with brass drop handle with oval backplate and raised on ogee moulded bracket feet. Width 36 ins.

Not Sold

A late Victorian oak square revolving bookcase, large form, of typical construction with swivel action and raised on castors. Width 22.5 ins.

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A Victorian walnut piano front Davenport, with rise and fall stationery cabinet, with four right hand drawers with wooden knob handles with opposing dummy drawers, sliding tooled writing surface, scroll supports and raised on bun feet. Width 21.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £850

A George III mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top with moulded edge and rounded corners with three graduated drawers beneath with brass drop handles with cockbeading to each drawer front, with moulding below and raised on ogee bracket feet. Width 42.5 ins.

Sold for £1050

A George III mahogany twin pillar dining table, with leaf, each end with rounded corners and snap action to turned column with four downswept moulded legs terminating in brass capped brass castors. Length including leaf 90 ins, width 45 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £4200

A Victorian walnut Canterbury, three divisions with fretwork dividers, frieze drawer with wooden knob handles and raised on short turned legs terminating in brass and ceramic castors. Width 22.5 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

A pair of Regency mahogany side chairs, with bowed and incised top rails, shaped splat backs with carved spaniel heads to centre, the stuffover seats upholstered in yellow leather cloth and raised on sabre legs.

Sold for £150

A Regency mahogany turnover top tea table, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a well figured veneered frieze and raised on a turned centre column with quatreform base, scroll feet and castors. Width 36 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £260

An 18th century oak coffer, with twin plank top and moulded edge above a carved frieze and three panels with diamond pattern to centre and raised on stile feet. Width 44.5 ins.

Sold for £100

A set of six George III Sheraton period mahogany dining chairs, each with a bowed boxwood strung top rail set between reeded stiles, with drop in seats upholstered in striped beige and cream material, with moulded front rails and raised on tapered legs of square section (see illustration).

Sold for £900

A George III mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top above three long graduated drawers with brass drop handles with thistle embossed backplates, with moulding below and raised on bracket feet. Width 33.5 ins.

Sold for £190

A George III oak chest of drawers, the rectangular top with moulded edge above two short and three long graduated drawers with brass swans neck drop handles and brass lock escutcheons and raised on bracket feet. Width 49 ins.

Sold for £160

An Edwardian mahogany pedestal desk, with green gilt tooled leather writing surface and crossbanded moulded edge above three frieze drawers and with three further drawers to each pedestal with brass swans neck drop handles and cockbeading, with moulding below and raised on bracket feet. Width 51 ins.

Sold for £700

A walnut bureau, in the Queen Anne style circa 1920, with crossbanded slope front, slide, two frieze drawers and raised on shell carved cabriole legs. Width 19 ins.

Not Sold

A George III mahogany cellarette, octagonal, with brass bindings and brass drop carrying handle to either side, lead lined interior with draining hole and raised on a fluted base with four angled legs with brass castors and fretwork corner spandrels, with restoration. Width 25 ins.

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A George III mahogany dining table, comprising two D ends, one with drop leaf, each end raised on four turned legs terminating in brass castors. Width 48 ins, length extended 76 ins.

Sold for £280

An Edwardian inlaid mahogany music cabinet, of serpentine outline, with tray type top above an open shelf and series of five music drawers with satinwood banding and raised on short cabriole legs. Width 22 ins.

Sold for £130

A George III oak hanging corner cupboard, with moulded cornice above a fielded arched panel crossbanded and opening to a series of shelves, with moulding below. Width 31 ins.

Not Sold

Two Victorian child's high chairs, each with Bergere seat and turned legs united by stretchers.

Sold for £70

A George III oak bureau, of typical form with slope front, fitted interior and with four long graduated drawers with brass drop handles and lock escutcheons with cockbeading to each drawer front, with moulding below and raised on bracket feet. Width 36 ins.

Not Sold

A George III mahogany cellarette, of hexagonal form, brass bound with heavy brass carrying handles to either side, with open interior and raised on a stand with three legs of square tapering section terminating in castors. Width 19 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

An Edwardian painted mahogany sewing table, rectangular, the top painted with a jetty scene with garland of flowers surrounding, with lift up top to fitted interior and raised on legs of square tapering section terminating in spade feet. Width 16 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

A set of mahogany library or bed steps.

Sold for £150

A set of eight George III style mahogany dining chairs, Edwardian, each armchair with reeded and turned top rail, downswept moulded arms with shaped stiles, crossbanded splat backs, drop in seats and raised on tapered fluted legs (see illustration).

Sold for £950

A set of three Jennens & Bettridge papier mache chairs, gilt and inlaid with mother of pearl, each stamped (see illustration).

Not Sold