THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND TULIPWOOD DRESSING-TABLE
Details
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND TULIPWOOD DRESSING-TABLE
CIRCA 1780
The rectangular canted top inlaid with an urn, swags and floral sprays, the central hinged section revealing a dressing mirror and compartments, the faux-fluted frieze fitted with a drawer above a recessed tamboured door, flanked by three drawers to each side, with husk-inlaid angles on squared cabriole legs and brass feet with casters- 31½in.(80cm.) high, 46½in.(118cm.) wide, 15¾in.(40cm.) deep
CIRCA 1780
The rectangular canted top inlaid with an urn, swags and floral sprays, the central hinged section revealing a dressing mirror and compartments, the faux-fluted frieze fitted with a drawer above a recessed tamboured door, flanked by three drawers to each side, with husk-inlaid angles on squared cabriole legs and brass feet with casters- 31½in.(80cm.) high, 46½in.(118cm.) wide, 15¾in.(40cm.) deep
Provenance
Judge Irwin Untermeyer
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, sold Sotheby's New York, 18 October 1980, lot 123
Sotheby's New York, 20-23 April 1983, lot 775
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, sold Sotheby's New York, 18 October 1980, lot 123
Sotheby's New York, 20-23 April 1983, lot 775
Literature
Y. Hackenbroch, English Furniture: The Irwin Untermeyer Collection, pl. 286, fig. 328
The Hyde Park Collection, 1989, pp. 242-243
The Hyde Park Collection, 1989, pp. 242-243