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PROPERTY REMOVED FROM ORME SQUARE, LONDON,W2, SOLD ON BEHALF OF THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE 7TH EARL OF HAREWOOD KBE AND THE TRUSTEES OF HIS 1967 SETTLEMENT

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SERPENTINE CHEST

ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM VILE AND JOHN COBB, CIRCA 1755-60, ADAPTED IN THE 19TH CENTURY

Details

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SERPENTINE CHEST
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM VILE AND JOHN COBB, CIRCA 1755-60, ADAPTED IN THE 19TH CENTURY
The crossbanded top with gadrooned edge, over four graduated drawers on C-scroll and rocaille-carved ogee bracket feet and recessed castors, the sides with berried laurel handles, with label inscribed in ink to the underside of the top 'Brass work No. 1', originally conceived with two serpentine doors in front of the drawers, the feet apparently original but re-positioned when the doors were removed
36 ½ in. (95 cm.) high; 55 ¼ in. (140.5 cm.) wide; 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) deep

Provenance

H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) when in residence at St. James's Palace, London, and by descent.

Special notice

All sold and unsold lots marked with a filled square in the catalogue that are not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the day of the sale, and all sold and unsold lots not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the fifth Friday following the sale, will be removed to the warehouse of ‘Cadogan Tate’. Please note that there will be no charge to purchasers who collect their lots within two weeks of this sale.

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Lot Essay

The pair to this commode was offered in ‘Harewood Collecting in the Royal Tradition’, Christie’s South Kensington, 9 December 2012, lot 1187.

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