Details
A GEORGE I WALNUT BUREAU
Crossbanded overall and feather-banded to the top and front, the rectangular top above a hinged slope enclosing a green baize writing- surface and a fitted interior with eight pigeon-holes and four small drawers round a central door and sliding well, above two short and two long graduated drawers, on later bun feet, with paper label to the reverse inscribed in ink 'WINCHELSEA' and with further paper label inscribed in ink '1830', inscribed in chalk to the underside 'Stosto..ey', restorations, restorations to the interior
37½ in. (95.5 cm.) wide; 36¾ in. (93.5 cm.) high; 20¾ in. (52.5 cm.) deep
Crossbanded overall and feather-banded to the top and front, the rectangular top above a hinged slope enclosing a green baize writing- surface and a fitted interior with eight pigeon-holes and four small drawers round a central door and sliding well, above two short and two long graduated drawers, on later bun feet, with paper label to the reverse inscribed in ink 'WINCHELSEA' and with further paper label inscribed in ink '1830', inscribed in chalk to the underside 'Stosto..ey', restorations, restorations to the interior
37½ in. (95.5 cm.) wide; 36¾ in. (93.5 cm.) high; 20¾ in. (52.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Possibly in the collection of the Earls of Winchelsea and Nottingham at Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland by 1830.
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, bought the estate of Burley-on-the-Hill in 1694 from the executors of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham and there built his enormous Baroque country house. Lord Nottingham had visited Rome in 1665 and it would appear that he modelled the design of the colonnades at Burley on Bernini's Piazza at St Peter's, Rome. The staircase, painted by Lanscroon in 1708, is one of the finest examples of trompe l'oeil in the colonnade style, as set out by Verrio's magnificent scheme at Burghley House some 15 years earlier.
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, bought the estate of Burley-on-the-Hill in 1694 from the executors of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham and there built his enormous Baroque country house. Lord Nottingham had visited Rome in 1665 and it would appear that he modelled the design of the colonnades at Burley on Bernini's Piazza at St Peter's, Rome. The staircase, painted by Lanscroon in 1708, is one of the finest examples of trompe l'oeil in the colonnade style, as set out by Verrio's magnificent scheme at Burghley House some 15 years earlier.