POSSIBLY BY WRIGHT AND ELWICK

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CYLINDER-BUREAU
Possibly by Wright and Elwick
The raised crossbanded rectangular top above a cylinder with chequer banding, enclosing a brown leather-lined writing-surface and a fitted interior with central arched mirrored door enclosing a drawer and flanked by four pigeon-holes and three drawers to one side and four pigeon-holes and four drawers to the other, above a long drawer and a kneehole and flanked by two short drawers, above a foliate moulded apron, on cabriole legs and scroll feet, each drawer with cedar lining
52 in. (132 cm.) high; 46 in. (117 cm.) wide; 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Stenhouse Family, Maxwelton House, Moniaive, Dumfriess-shire, bought circa 1970.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

In its bombe form and lustrous mahogany veneers this cylinder bureau relates to a padouk and fustic kneehole desk, sold in these Rooms, 19 November 1992, lot 54. In the introduction to the Wentworth sale (Christie's London, 8 July 1998) that kneehole desk was speculatively connected to the Wakefield firm of Wright and Elwick. The kneehole bureau had a number of features that were identified as being characteristic of Wright and Elwick: close derivation from a pattern in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, exotic timber and heavy decoration.

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