Lot 106
Lot 106
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

CIRCA 1765, POSSIBLY SCOTTISH

Price Realised GBP 3,750
Estimate
GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

CIRCA 1765, POSSIBLY SCOTTISH

Price Realised GBP 3,750
Price Realised GBP 3,750
Details
The serpentine top with foliate and key mouldings above four graduated drawers, scroll bracket feet
3512 in. (90 cm.) high; 4012 in. (103 cm.) wide; 2114 in. (54 cm.) deep
Provenance
Glenormiston, Scotland.
Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
Brought to you by
Paul Gallois
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Lot Essay

Glenormiston at Innerleithen, Peebleshire, originally known as 'Wormiston' or 'Ormiston', was a country seat of Charles Stewart, 7th Earl of Traquair (1746-1827), until it was sold to John Scott, a member of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet, a private society of Scottish solicitors. In 1805, it was acquired by William Hunter, who renamed the estate ‘Glenormiston’, and after his death, it was bought by William Steuart, who added pavilion wings to the mansion house and laid out the formal gardens. William Chambers, a publisher and Lord Provost of Edinburgh, purchased the estate in 1849 for £25,500 and created a new entrance to the property with its own lodge. The mansion was demolished in 1956, although a 19th century farmhouse, and other estate buildings are still extant.
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