CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TALLBOY
CIRCA 1770
The dentil cornice above a frieze with ogee arches and acorn drops, above two short and six long drawers with original lacquered brass handles and S-pattern keyholes, on ogee bracket feet, red wash to the backboards
74 in. (188 cm.) high; 46 ½ in. (118 cm.) wide; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The chest features S-pattern keyholes which appear to be almost unique to his workshop. In Chippendale’s 1768 account to Lady Shelburne he mentioned that a commode table had `very good spring and tumbler locks and S-bitted keys’ (C.Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, Leeds, 1978, vol. I, p. 253), and other pieces supplied by Chippendale for Nostell Priory, Brocket Hall, and to David Garrick are also fitted with S-shaped key-holes. These were supplied by Elizabeth Gascoigne whose specialist metal workshops were located in St. James’s, London.

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