Lot 100
100
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DISPLAY CABINET inlaid overall with ebonised lines, the crenellated cornice with simulated panels mounted with stylised flowerheads and quatrefoils above a pair of gothic tracery glazed doors enclosing four adjustable shelves with ormolu supports, the lower section with two panelled doors mounted with lotus-leaf patera to the angles, enclosing a fitted interior on square tapering gothic panelled legs with inscription to the reverse WANSTEAD and with further inscription CHA..., the lock stamped BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT H.S.P. & Co. LONDON (FOUR LEVERS) SAFETY LOCK, the base section locked, adapted, basically early 19th Century 50in. (127cm.) wide; 97in. (246cm.) high; 16in. (41cm.) deep

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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DISPLAY CABINET inlaid overall with ebonised lines, the crenellated cornice with simulated panels mounted with stylised flowerheads and quatrefoils above a pair of gothic tracery glazed doors enclosing four adjustable shelves with ormolu supports, the lower section with two panelled doors mounted with lotus-leaf patera to the angles, enclosing a fitted interior on square tapering gothic panelled legs with inscription to the reverse WANSTEAD and with further inscription CHA..., the lock stamped BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT H.S.P. & Co. LONDON (FOUR LEVERS) SAFETY LOCK, the base section locked, adapted, basically early 19th Century 50in. (127cm.) wide; 97in. (246cm.) high; 16in. (41cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The bookcase's style reflects the fusion of the classical and gothic styles in the first decade of the 19th Century. While the glazing bars' gothic arcading derives from patterns illustrated by Thomas Sheraton, Cabinet-Makers and Upholsterers Drawing Book, 1803, pl. 18, their medallioned bands, in the 'antique' manner, are inspired by Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807. The cornice combines Hope's Etruscan-ebony inlay and palmette-enrichments with the type of crenellated and quatrefoil-enriched tablets found in George Smith's Collection of Designs for Household Furniture, 1808, pl. 18

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