Lot Essay
This bureau-cabinet relates closely (particularly in the configuration of the drawers) to one illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture: 1700-1840, Leeds, 1998, p. 154, fig. 236, and labelled with the St Paul's Churchyard cabinetmaker John Coxed's label, datable to 1705-10. John Coxed (d. 1718) became free in 1703 and was established at the 'White Swan' in St Paul's Churchyard, the first in a long line of distinguished cabinetmakers to operate from this address. Coxed is the earliest known cabinetmaker to use stained maple, ash or elm veneers as employed in the present example. He was suceeded at the White Swan by G. Coxed and T. Woster who made similarly stain-veneered pieces.
See also lot 160 in this sale.
See also lot 160 in this sale.