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A large mahogany breakfront bookcase, decorated in the Chippendale taste, the moulded cornice above two pairs of astragal doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the base below with foliate carved edge above two pairs of fielded panel doors, the central pair with scallop shell motifs to each corner, the outer pair with ornate pagoda style motifs, with reeded columns and ornate leaf carved bases, raised on a gadrooned plinth with ornate acanthus leaf carved ogee bracket feet, 97 x 22 1/2 x 99in. high. See illustration