A GEORGE I BURR-WALNUT AND WALNUT BUREAU-CABINET
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A GEORGE I BURR-WALNUT AND WALNUT BUREAU-CABINET

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A GEORGE I BURR-WALNUT AND WALNUT BUREAU-CABINET
In three sections, feather-banded on the front, the shaped moulded cornice with a pair of finials, above a central mirrored oval panel and a pair of shaped arched panelled doors with bevelled plates, enclosing three adjustable shelves, above a pair of candle-slides and a hinged slope enclosing a fitted interior with five drawers, two secret drawers and ten pigeon-holes above a sliding well and a leather-lined writing-surface, above two short and two long graduated drawers, on bracket feet, the metalwork and one plate replaced, the feet restored and probably replaced
88 in. (223.5 cm.) high; 41 in. (104 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

A related bureau-cabinet with similar arrangement of drawers and handles to the lower section was exhibited by M. Turpin and illustrated in Connoisseur, June 1969 [trade advertisement]. The same drawer arrangement for the lower section and related design for the upper section of the present piece, corresponds to bureau-cabinet drawings executed in the 1720s by craftsmen sent to train in London by Peter the Great (F. Martynov, 'A Russian Master Cabinet Maker', Furniture History, 1994, p. 95, figs. 1-2). A closely related walnut bureau-cabinet bearing the inscription 'Will Palleday at the Crown in Aldermanbury - Cabinet Maker', was in the possession of Pelham Galleries and is illustrated in C. Gilbert, The Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, Leeds, 1996, p. 361, fig. 704.

A similar bureau-cabinet, but with slightly taller upper section and attributed to the Strand cabinet-maker, Peter Miller, was sold by Sir Thomas Beevor, Bt., in these Rooms, 14 June 2001, lot 150 (£157,750).

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