LABELLED 'WILLIAM PRITCHARD, CABINET MAKER, PHILIP LANE', CIRCA 1760

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SAMPLE CHEST
LABELLED 'WILLIAM PRITCHARD, CABINET MAKER, PHILIP LANE', CIRCA 1760
The top drawer with internal lock, the label to underside, with ivory escutcheons
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high, 9 3/8 in. (24 cm.) wide, 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 25 January 1986, lot 94.

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Lot Essay

William Pritchard is recorded working as a cabinetmaker on Philip Lane, Aldermanbury, London in circa 1760. His trade label survives on a number of pieces of furniture, including a mahogany bureau-bookcase of circa 1760 at Rousham House, Oxfordshire.

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