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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF FREDERICK POKE FORMED UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF R.W.SYMONDS (LOTS 118-123)
A WILLIAM & MARY FIELD MAPLE, WALNUT AND SPECIMEN WOOD CHEST-ON-STAND
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Details
A WILLIAM & MARY FIELD MAPLE, WALNUT AND SPECIMEN WOOD CHEST-ON-STAND
LATE 17TH CENTURY
The moulded cedar cornice above a cushion-moulded drawer and two short and three long drawers, the stand with three conforming frieze drawers, all ash feather-banded and inlaid with holly and stained sycamore, above an arched apron on turned baluster legs joined by shaped stretchers and with bun feet, back left leg and foot replaced, the metalwork apparently original
69 ¾ in. (177 cm.) high; 41 ½ in. (105.5 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
LATE 17TH CENTURY
The moulded cedar cornice above a cushion-moulded drawer and two short and three long drawers, the stand with three conforming frieze drawers, all ash feather-banded and inlaid with holly and stained sycamore, above an arched apron on turned baluster legs joined by shaped stretchers and with bun feet, back left leg and foot replaced, the metalwork apparently original
69 ¾ in. (177 cm.) high; 41 ½ in. (105.5 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Percival D. Griffiths, Esq., F.S.A.
Frederick Poke (d.1974), Langholm, Parkside, Wimbledon and thence by descent.
Frederick Poke (d.1974), Langholm, Parkside, Wimbledon and thence by descent.
Literature
R. W. Symonds, English Furniture from Charles II to George II, London, 1923, p. 53. fig. 31
R.W. Symonds, `Craft of the Cabinet-Maker Illustrated by examples in the collection of Mr. Frederick Poke', Connoisseur, May 1940, p.200, no. I.
R.W. Symonds, `Craft of the Cabinet-Maker Illustrated by examples in the collection of Mr. Frederick Poke', Connoisseur, May 1940, p.200, no. I.
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