A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY LIBRARY CABINET

STAMPED W & C WILKINSON LUDGATE HILL, CIRCA 1835

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A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY LIBRARY CABINET
Stamped W & C Wilkinson Ludgate Hill, Circa 1835
The red leather-inset rectangular top above a large slide and frieze drawer containing an adjustable reading and writing surface, flanked by hinged and open compartments,over two drawers flanked by Corinthian pilasters, on a base, reeded bun feet and casters one lockplate stamped HOBBS/PATENT/LONDON/8266, two lock plates stamped BRAMAH'S/PATENT and S.MORDAN&CO/MAKERS/W.RUSSELS/SECURITY, one drawer stamped 3256
36in. (93cm.) high, 48in. (123cm.) wide, 31in. (80.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The firm of Wilkinson was established by William Wilkson in 1808 and was continued by his sons, William and Charles, after his death in 1833. The stamp as it appears on this piece dates it to after circa 1830. The firm's more distinguished patrons at the time include the Earl of Lonsdale at Lowther Castle and the newly furbished Goldsmiths Hall.

A design for a closely related library cabinet appears in Ackermann's Repository in October 1821 (see P. Agius, ed., Ackermann's Regency Furniture and Interiors, London, 1984, p.133, pl.118).

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