A WILLIAM IV BRASS-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD CHIFFONIER

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A WILLIAM IV BRASS-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD CHIFFONIER

The rectangular crossbanded top with beaded edge and single shelf mirrored superstructure supported by cylindrical columns and with three-quarter pierced gallery, above two breakfront frieze drawers with beaded panels and two doors with blue silk-backed pierced trellis, flanked by detached columns, on an inverted breakfront plinth, minor losses, restorations to the veneer and beading, extensive restorations to drawers and the superstructure possibly associated
48¼in. (122.5cm.) wide; 52in. (132cm.) high; 15½in. (39.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This drawing-room cabinet or chiffonier relates to furniture executed in the French manner by John McLean & Son (S. Redburn, 'John McLean and Son', Furniture History Society Journal, 1978, pp. 31-8). It also reflects the George IV antique style illustrated in Thomas King's Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified, 1829 (see for instance the chiffonier illustrated in E. White, British 18th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1990, p. 124).

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