GEORGE III NEOCLASSICAL TWO-PART MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS WITH BROKEN ARCH PEDIMENT AND EXCEPTIONALLY FINE INLAY,Circa 1790, in the Adams Neoclassical taste. Architectural broken arch pediment with elaborate molding and dentil work centering inlaid tablet with script monograming (letter "G"); cross-banded frieze with checkerboard-inlaid border and conch shell reserves above pair cabinet doors with shield-shaped inlay opening to four pull-out shelves; lower case with two-over-two cross-banded drawers raised on bracket feet - 91 1/2 in. x 51 1/4 in. x 25 in. Estimate $5,000-8,000
Illustrated in "Tidewater Christmas", an eight-page spread in Elle Décor, December 2000, page 224
PROVENANCE: Sycamore Farm, Portsmouth, VA, the large estate of Robert Vick and Charles Sibley
