CIRCA 1760

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CABINET
CIRCA 1760
The dentilled pediment above an arched panelled door flanked by fluted Ionic pilasters hung with swags, enclosing three shelves, the rusticated brickwork lower door enclosing three drawers, stamped '2038' to the top edge, nine tacks for a label to the top, with associated 18th century handles
102 ½ in. (260.5 cm.) high; 73 in. (160 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Axel Vervoordt N. V., Gravenwezel, Belgium.

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Lot Essay

The distinctive architectural form of the present cabinet is comparable with a bookcase, circa 1745, of architectural form incorporating fluted pilasters and a brickwork case sold The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part V; Christie's, New York, 21 March 2015, lot 1029 ($485,000). The nine tacks to the top of the present cabinet undoubtedly secured a carriage label denoting the original delivery address. See for example the label tacked in a similar fashion to a serving-table by John Cobb, sold Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 2000, lot 137, which records the delivery of the serving table to Banks Fee, Gloucestershire.

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