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A fine carved cedar breakfront…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
22-Oct-2023
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Description:
A fine carved cedar breakfront wardrobe by Hill and Sons Sydney. Australian circa 1860. with Hill and Sons paper maker's label to verso. Provenance: Bonhams and Goodman Sydney 06/08/2007 Lot 9. Reference: For a pediment carving of almost identical form, refer to the 'Wallalong Bookcase' by Hill and Sons illustrated in Australian Furniture Pictorial History and Dictionary 1788-1938. Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press, Sydney, page 184. It therefore could be suggested that this wardrobe was commissioned for Dr Walter Scott of Wallalong NSW, 245 cm high, 242 cm wide, 60 cm deep
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Category:
Furniture: Bookcases