EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE I WALNUT AND SEAWEED-MARQUETRY CABINET-ON-CHEST
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Foliate-banded on the front, with a pair of doors inlaid with panels of marquetry enclosing nine featherbanded drawers, the lower section with four drawers, each inlaid with two marquetry panels, on bracket feet, the metalwork and feet replaced
77 in. (195.5 cm.) high; 43½ in. (110.5 cm.) wide; 22¾ in. (58 cm.) deep

Provenance

With Gill & Reigate, 1911.

Literature

H. Cescinsky, English Furniture of the 18th Century, London, 1911, vol. I, fig. 139.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Such arabesque or 'seaweed' marquetry features on a related display cabinet, with glazed upper section and labelled by the Monmouth Square cabinet-maker Samuel Bennett (fl. c. 1700-1741) (C. Gilbert Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 105, fig. 112). Gerrit Jensen (fl. 1667-1715) was the leading cabinet-maker associated with 'flower'd markatree'. His work is discussed in detail in A. Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714, London, 2002, p.188 et seq.

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