A GEORGE IV 'CHIPPENDALE' MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE

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A GEORGE IV 'CHIPPENDALE' MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE
The moulded breakfront broken pediment with lappeted Greek-key, dentilled and roundel bands, above a pair of glazed doors enclosing three adjustable shelves, flanked on each side by a glazed door enclosing three adjustable shelves, above a demi-flowerhead moulding and gadrooned band, with a pair of shaped rectangular panelled doors, the panels with cabochon corners, flanked on each side by six graduated drawers, above a flowerhead moulding and stepped rectangular base, one drawer with printed paper label 'No. 29', the lock inscribed in paint '6107', the lock stamped 'WALTERS B & P', inscribed twice in chalk to the reverse 'QQ47' and 'ISWN' twice, the underside of one drawer with red ink sums
90¾ in. (230.5 cm.) high; 67½ in. (171 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep

Provenance

Inventoried in a Scottish collection, circa 1835, according to F. Lewis Hinkley.
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 20 June 1974, lot 128.
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 24 September 1980, lot 143.

Literature

F. Lewis Hinkley, A Dictionary of Antique Furniture, New York, 1953, fig. 675.

Lot Essay

The pedimented cabinet has a base with Chinese umbrello'd cornice and commode doors enriched with moulded frames and acanthus-cartouche spandrels. The same features appear on a china-cabinet bookcase, that was in the collection of Sir James Caird and attributed to William Vile (d.1767) cabinet-maker to King George III (R. Edwards and M Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, London, 1955, fig. 59).

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