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CIRCA 1765-70, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN COBB
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A GEORGE III MARQUETRY AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED, AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD BANDED SATINWOOD BOMBE COMMODE
CIRCA 1765-70, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN COBB
The top inlaid with a series of oval panels, the similarly-inlaid doors enclosing two sliding mahogany trays on outswept square-legs, the silvered carrying-handles lacking loops, the painted decoration refreshed but possibly echoing the original scheme, originally with further trays
35 in. (89 cm.) high; 56 in. (142 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1765-70, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN COBB
The top inlaid with a series of oval panels, the similarly-inlaid doors enclosing two sliding mahogany trays on outswept square-legs, the silvered carrying-handles lacking loops, the painted decoration refreshed but possibly echoing the original scheme, originally with further trays
35 in. (89 cm.) high; 56 in. (142 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep
Provenance
Possibly Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness (1718-1788), Holdernesse House, Park Lane, London.
Possibly acquired in situ at Holdernesse House (later Londonderry House) by Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) in 1822, and by descent.
Possibly acquired in situ at Holdernesse House (later Londonderry House) by Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) in 1822, and by descent.
Literature
A.Oswald, ‘Great London Mansions, Londonderry House Park Lane…’, Country Life, 10 July 1937, p. 39, fig 3, illustrated in the yellow drawing room.
H. Montgomery Hyde, Londonderry House and its Pictures, London, 1937, pl. XIV.
Londonderry House inventory, 1939, p. 62, yellow drawing room, ‘satinwood serpentine and bombe shape front commode … the interior fitted with two sliding tray shelves which are enclosed by a pair of doors…’
Wynyard Park inventory, 1949, p. 1, Drawing Room, ‘A dwarf cupboard with serpentine and bombe front, veneered with oval panels of satinwood …’
Wynyard Park inventory, 1956, p. 40, nursery wing, sitting room.
Wynyard Park inventory, 1965, vol. i, p. 9, drawing room.
H. Montgomery Hyde, Londonderry House and its Pictures, London, 1937, pl. XIV.
Londonderry House inventory, 1939, p. 62, yellow drawing room, ‘satinwood serpentine and bombe shape front commode … the interior fitted with two sliding tray shelves which are enclosed by a pair of doors…’
Wynyard Park inventory, 1949, p. 1, Drawing Room, ‘A dwarf cupboard with serpentine and bombe front, veneered with oval panels of satinwood …’
Wynyard Park inventory, 1956, p. 40, nursery wing, sitting room.
Wynyard Park inventory, 1965, vol. i, p. 9, drawing room.
Sale room notice
This lot can now be attributed to the royal cabinet maker Charles Elliott (1752-1823) and dated to circa 1797-8 on the basis of close comparison with furniture he supplied for Langleys, Essex, see ‘Documented Furniture at Langleys Essex’, Country Life, 7 August 1942, pp. 264-5.
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