Lot Essay
G. Coxed and T. Woster of 'The White Swan', St. Paul's Churchyard, London were famous for their combination of pewter inlay with highly-figured burr veneer. The veneer was often stained to simulate tortoiseshell or mulberry.
A bureau-cabinet bearing their makers' label is illustrated in R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, vol. I, p. 138, fig. 33 and also in R. Edwards and M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, London, rev. ed., 1946, fig. 212. The bureau has similar cross-banding, pewter-inlay and the overall proportions are very similar.
A related small bureau was sold anonymously at Sotheby's London, 12 February 1965, lot 66, and a bureau-cabinet with a very similar bureau was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 24 April 1980, lot 144.
A bureau-cabinet bearing their makers' label is illustrated in R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, vol. I, p. 138, fig. 33 and also in R. Edwards and M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, London, rev. ed., 1946, fig. 212. The bureau has similar cross-banding, pewter-inlay and the overall proportions are very similar.
A related small bureau was sold anonymously at Sotheby's London, 12 February 1965, lot 66, and a bureau-cabinet with a very similar bureau was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 24 April 1980, lot 144.