A SCOTTISH 'REGENCY REVIVAL' BRASS-INLAID MAHOGANY AND PADOUK GENTLEMANS WARDROBE

CIRCA 1880

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A SCOTTISH 'REGENCY REVIVAL' BRASS-INLAID MAHOGANY AND PADOUK GENTLEMANS WARDROBE
Circa 1880
Of rounded rectangular breakfront outline, the moulded cornice above a plain frieze with drawers to each end and above four folding panelled doors each inlaid with Greek-key borders centred by a foliate oval, the corners set with palmettes, enclosing two short fall-front drawers, above an open recess and three long fall-front drawers, flanked on each side by a long panelled door enclosing a hanging cubpaord, losses to mouldings and brass inlay, refitted in the early 20th Century with fall-front mahogany drawers and separate chest section, one side door locked
79 in. (200.5 cm.) high; 81 in. (206 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

Provenance

Brigadier-General Koe.

Lot Essay

In the l890s the Wardour Street firm of Edwards and Roberts claimed that their French 'Empire' style was 'much in request', and their label features on a related chair with palm-flowered boulle inlay in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, (F. Collard, Regency Furniture, Woodbridge, l987, p. 246.)

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