George II bookcase takes £55,000 in Edinburgh

Leading Lyon & Turnbull’s latest furniture and works of art sale in Edinburgh was this fine George II mahogany breakfront bookcase c.1755 in the manner of Vile and Cobb.

Standing 8ft 2in (2.5m) high, the bookcase appears in Ralph Edwards' The Dictionary of English Furni…

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