A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS
The broken pediment with central plinth and dentil moulding, above a blind fretwork frieze and a pair of fielded panelled doors, enclosing a rail, above two short and one long drawer, on ogee bracket feet with concealed wooden castors, the interior refitted with cedar panels to the sides, the hinges stamped 'IP', one drawer with dealers label 'SPILLMAN & CO. ST. MARTINS LANE LONDON', the reverse branded twice 'CLAREMONT', the blind fretwork of the cornice possibly associated
86 in. (218.5 cm.) high; 52 in. (132 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

来源

Princess Charlotte (d.1817) and her husband, Prince Leopold of Saxe Saalfeld-Coburg (d.1865), Claremont, Surrey.
H.R.H Prince Leopold (d.1884), Duke of Albany, youngest son of Queen Victoria, who occupied Claremont, from 1882.
His wife H.R.H. Princess Helen (d.1822), Duchess of Albany, who lived at Claremont until 1922.
Her daughter, H.R.H. Princess Alice (d.1981), Countess of Athlone.

拍品专文

Claremont, built between 1770 and 1774 for Lord Clive by Capability Brown, was acquired by the Crown in 1816, for Princess Charlotte (d.1817), only child of George IV, following her marriage to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg (d.1865). It is from this period, that a number of Regency pieces branded 'CLAREMONT' probably date. From 1848 it was occupied by King Louis Philippe (d. 1850) and thereafter by his widow, Queen Marie-Amélie (d.1866). In 1882, the house then became the residence of Prince Leopold (d.1884), youngest son of Queen Victoria, and his wife H.R.H. Princess Helen, Duchess of Albany (d.1922) in 1882. Following the death of her daughter, H.R.H. Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, a group of furniture, was sold in these Rooms, 16 July 1981, lots 152-177. Among them, lot 174, is a similar clothes-press, with moulded cornice and on turned feet, also with the Claremont stamp.