A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SERPENTINE CHESTS

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A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SERPENTINE CHESTS
Each with shaped canted rectangular top above four graduated drawers with knob handles, between canted angles, above a plinth, on compressed bun feet, the handles probably replaced, the locks apparently original
36½ in. (92.5 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) wide; 22½ in. (57 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Sir George Dashwood, 5th Bt. (d.1862), West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire and by descent until
sold Sotheby's house sale, West Wycombe Park, 22-24 June 1998, lot 114

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Lot Essay

The George IV 'commode' chest-of-drawers, with its beautiful 'feathered' or flame-figured mahogany is serpentined in the mid-18th century French 'picturesque' manner, while its Grecian-stepped plinth is raised on spherical feet and reflects the early 19th century 'antique' fashion. This formed part of a group of commodes that are likely to have been commissioned to harmonise with the fine Georgian 'Chippendale' furnishing at West Wycombe House, Buckinghamshire by Sir George Dashwood, 5th Bt. (d. 1862), following his inheritance of the estate in 1831.

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