POSSIBLY BY WRIGHT AND ELWICK, CIRCA 1760

With its bombé form and lustrous mahogany veneers this cylinder bureau relates to a padouk and fustic kneehole desk, sold by Christie's London, 19 November 1992, lot 54. In the introduction to the Wentworth sale (Christie's London, 8 July 1998) that kneehole desk was speculatively connected to the Wakefield firm of Wright and Elwick. The kneehole bureau had a number of features that were identified as being characteristic of Wright and Elwick: its close derivation from a pattern published in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, exotic timber and heavy decoration. Most recently a cylinder bureau of this example was sold anonymously, Christie's London, 6 July 2000.