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Lot Essay
The escutcheon pattern features in an 18th century pattern-book now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (see T.Crom (ed.), An Eighteenth Century English Brass Hardware Catalogue, Florida, 1994, p.56, no.381). A related tallboy embellished with the same patterned escutcheons was formerly in the Michael Lipitch collection (sold Christie's, London, 4 October 2001, lot 90).
Closely related tallboys with three top drawers and the distinctive pilaster angles with panelled bases were sold anonymously at Sotheby's, London, 22 April 1994, lot 61, Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1995, lot 39, and Christie's, London, 7 February 2001, lot 160, respectively.
Closely related tallboys with three top drawers and the distinctive pilaster angles with panelled bases were sold anonymously at Sotheby's, London, 22 April 1994, lot 61, Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1995, lot 39, and Christie's, London, 7 February 2001, lot 160, respectively.