Lot Essay
The pattern for the fretted ribbon guilloche of flowered trellis relates to that of an open-pedimented bookcase published in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754, pl. LXV.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
(Lots 191-204)
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS
Details
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS
The triangular broken pediment with a dentilled frieze above a lozenge trellis panelled base with central moulded pedestal, the panelled frieze carved with gothic ogee blind fret above a pair of raised panelled doors with cut corners and domed patera angles enclosing a plain interior, the base section with two short and two long graduated drawers on gothic shaped bracket feet, the interior of top previously with slides and with later hanging rail, restorations to back right foot
50¾in. (129cm.) wide; 87¼in. (221.5cm.) high; 25½in. (65cm.) deep
The triangular broken pediment with a dentilled frieze above a lozenge trellis panelled base with central moulded pedestal, the panelled frieze carved with gothic ogee blind fret above a pair of raised panelled doors with cut corners and domed patera angles enclosing a plain interior, the base section with two short and two long graduated drawers on gothic shaped bracket feet, the interior of top previously with slides and with later hanging rail, restorations to back right foot
50¾in. (129cm.) wide; 87¼in. (221.5cm.) high; 25½in. (65cm.) deep