POSSIBLY BY GEORGE OAKLEY, CIRCA 1815

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A REGENCY PARCEL-EBONIZED AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
POSSIBLY BY GEORGE OAKLEY, CIRCA 1815
With rectangular top, above a pair of baize-lined frieze drawers, raised on tapering lion paw feet on a plinth base, previously with a gallery, top subsequently repositioned
35 ¾ in. (91 cm.) high, 96 ¼ in. (246 cm.) wide, 29 ¼ in. (75.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York; 22 October 2004, lot 351.

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Lot Essay

A pair of side cabinets of the same form and ornamentation was supplied by George Oakley (d.1840) for Charles Madryll Cheere at Papworth Hall, Cambridgeshire in 1810 (illustrated in M. Jourdain, 'English Empire Furniture made by George Oakley', Architectural Review, December 1920). George Oakley worked in partnership with various cabinetmakers including George Shackleton and George Seddon, producing furniture in the Grecian taste and specializing in 'buhl' inlay (C.Gilbert and G.Beard, eds., Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, 1986, pp. 658-660).

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