A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOOKCASE-CABINET

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOOKCASE-CABINET
The later scalloped cresting with gadrooned edge mounted with seated Chinese figure beneath a pavilion with palm-form supports and later geometric glazed doors, the base with two rows of three small drawers on a later pierced fretwork plinth, probably adapted from a wardrobe, later brasses
103in. (261.5cm.) high, 63in. (160cm.) wide, 17in. (43cm.) deep

来源

The Lowndes family, The Bury (now known as Lowndes Park), Chesham, Buckinghamshire
Bought from Phillips of Hitchin Ltd., Hertfordshire in 1955

拍品专文

The rustic Chinese landscape cresting with pagoda-man temple relates to that on a suite of 'Chinese' seat furniture with 'scrolled top rails' commissioned in 1766 by Lady Delaval for her apartments at Ford Castle, Northumberland from William Davidson (d.1773), cabinetmaker of Berwick (see L.Wood, 'William Davidson of Berwick-upon-Tweed', F.H.S.J., 1995, pp.29-46). The arched doors and lozenged mosaic glazing are derived from patterns for bookcases published in A Society of Upholsterer's Genteel Household Furniture in the Present Taste, part I, 2nd edn., 1765, pl.51 and 70.

The Bury (now known as Lowndes Park) in Chesham, Buckinghamshire was built for William Loundes, Secretary to William III's Treasury.