Lot Essay
Coodham was built by Mrs. Margaret Fairlie between 1828 and 1831.
The Gothic glazing pattern on the cabinets featured in The London Cabinet-Maker's Books of Prices, 1793-1803 (pl. 16, no. 6) while the Grecian cippus-like pediments, with palm-flowered volutes, featured on a wardrobe pattern illustrated in George Smith's, Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1808 pl. 134. Their commode bases, with reeds enriching the cornices as well as the hollow-cornered panel frames, correspond to a display-pedestal provided in 1815 for Paxton House, Berwickshire by the celebrated Edinburgh cabinet-maker William Trotter (d. 1833) of Princes Street (F. Bamford, A Dictionary of Edinburgh Wrights and Furniture Maker's 1660-1840, Furniture History Society, Leeds, 1983, pl. 58).
A related pair of upright bookcases was supplied to Thomas Langford-Brooke (d.1815) by Gillows of London and Lancaster for Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire. They were sold on behalf of the Executors of the late Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke, Mere Hall, Christie's house sale, 23 May 1994, lot 192.
The Gothic glazing pattern on the cabinets featured in The London Cabinet-Maker's Books of Prices, 1793-1803 (pl. 16, no. 6) while the Grecian cippus-like pediments, with palm-flowered volutes, featured on a wardrobe pattern illustrated in George Smith's, Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1808 pl. 134. Their commode bases, with reeds enriching the cornices as well as the hollow-cornered panel frames, correspond to a display-pedestal provided in 1815 for Paxton House, Berwickshire by the celebrated Edinburgh cabinet-maker William Trotter (d. 1833) of Princes Street (F. Bamford, A Dictionary of Edinburgh Wrights and Furniture Maker's 1660-1840, Furniture History Society, Leeds, 1983, pl. 58).
A related pair of upright bookcases was supplied to Thomas Langford-Brooke (d.1815) by Gillows of London and Lancaster for Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire. They were sold on behalf of the Executors of the late Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke, Mere Hall, Christie's house sale, 23 May 1994, lot 192.