Lot Essay
A related tallboy with half sunburst to the lower drawer, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 6 April 1995, lot 265 (£70,000).
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE II WALNUT TALLBOY
Details
A GEORGE II WALNUT TALLBOY
Cross and feather-banded overall, the cavetto-moulded cornice above three short and three long graduated drawers, with chamfered fluted angles, the lower section with three long graduated drawers, the bottom drawer inlaid in ivory and ebony with a concave apsidal demi-sunburst, on bracket feet and sunk castors, with two printed depositary labels to the reverse for 'WHITE & CO LTD' FURNITURE DEPOSITARIES WINCHESTER PORTSMOUTH SOUTHAMPTON BOURNEMOUTH AND LONDON' and printed 'MRS F M FULLER', restorations and replacements to veneer
43¾ in. (111 cm.) wide; 75½ in. (191.5 cm.) high; 23 in. (58 cm.) deep
Cross and feather-banded overall, the cavetto-moulded cornice above three short and three long graduated drawers, with chamfered fluted angles, the lower section with three long graduated drawers, the bottom drawer inlaid in ivory and ebony with a concave apsidal demi-sunburst, on bracket feet and sunk castors, with two printed depositary labels to the reverse for 'WHITE & CO LTD' FURNITURE DEPOSITARIES WINCHESTER PORTSMOUTH SOUTHAMPTON BOURNEMOUTH AND LONDON' and printed 'MRS F M FULLER', restorations and replacements to veneer
43¾ in. (111 cm.) wide; 75½ in. (191.5 cm.) high; 23 in. (58 cm.) deep
Provenance
Sir Henry and Lady Peto, Cheddington Court, Somerset.
The Reverend Arthur Rose Fuller, C.V.O., The Vicarage, Sandringham, Norfolk (Chaplain to King George V and King George VI).
Thence by descent.
The Reverend Arthur Rose Fuller, C.V.O., The Vicarage, Sandringham, Norfolk (Chaplain to King George V and King George VI).
Thence by descent.