AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST

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AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST
The projecting moulded serpentine top above four graduated drawers between hipped angles, the top drawer mahogany-lined and with sliding baize-lined tray, on splayed bracket feet
32 in. (81 cm.) high; 35 in. (89 cm.) wide; 22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

H.R. Creswick, Esq., sold in these Rooms, 18 November 1982, lot 166.

Sale room notice

Please note that a small later patch of veneer on the left angle of the chest is missing.

Lot Essay

The serpentined commode with scrolled apron and feet in the fashion popularised by Messrs A. Hepplewhite & Co.'s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, relates to a dressing-commode in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (see M. Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1982, p. 180).

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