An East Anglian oak and elm chest with linen press, late 18th century

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细节

An East Anglian oak and elm chest with linen press, late 18th century
the top with moulded edges and above two small central drawers flanked by deeper drawers and with three long drawers below, all crossbanded and with triangular section of walnut inlay along the left and right hand edges, on bracket feet -- 73in. (185cm.) high, 32in. (82cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep
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拍品专文

See Christopher Gilbert, English Vernacular Furniture 1750-1900, Yale, 1991, page 55 for a related example, where the author comments that East Anglian models are distinctive in having two small central drawers or indeed a small cupboard door.