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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  25 Jun 2022 ~ 10am (AEST) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 769
  26 Jun 2022 ~ 10am (AEST) - Session 2: Lots 770 - 1491
• Lot #:
  536
• Lot Description:
  An important and early Colonial cedar chest of drawers, Hobart, Tasmanian origin, circa 1815-1825
  A stunning and refined example inspired by the first period Hepplewhite style with five drawers, bracket feet a neat square form.
  Handsome Georgian proportions, 104cm high, 106cm wide, 49cm deep.
• Provenance:
  Somercotes, Ross, Tasmania, 7th December, 2008, Mossgreen, Lot 52.
• Notes:
  For the furniture historian this is a most interesting piece of very early Tasmanian cabinet work. lt was made by an experienced hand during the first two decades of European settlement in Tasmania. The timber used is pit sawn (see rear) and of early dense quality. The top board is secured by a long single dovetailed housing. All the drawer bottoms are cross-braced and the dust boards are framed all around. The panelled back has a pegged construction, with drawer stoppers to the rear. Beautifully constructed fine dovetails to the drawers, and reeded edges to the top and bottom. Original ebony tear drop escutcheons, ebony concentric ring turned handles, and cock-beading to the drawer fronts.
• Estimate:
  A$6,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Furniture

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