A GEORGE II BURR-WALNUT AND WALNUT KNEEHOLE DESK

BY JOHN BELCHIER

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A GEORGE II BURR-WALNUT AND WALNUT KNEEHOLE DESK
By John Belchier
Feather-banded to the top and front, the quarter-veneered crossbanded top with re-entrant corners, above a drawer and a central kneehole with a drawer and a cupboard, flanked on each side by three drawers, on bracket feet, with printed paper label 'Made by John Bel-Chier at the Sun in St Paul's Church Yard', either re-veneered or more probably re-polished in the 19th Century and subsequently re-polished again
30 in. (77 cm.) high; 33 in. (84 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48.5 cm.) deep

Literature

C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 87, fig. 72.

Lot Essay

John Belchier (d. 1753), possibly of Huguenot origin, worked from 'The Sun', his St. Paul's Church Yard premises for 36 years. One of his best known commissions was the furniture he supplied to Erddig, Denbighshire between 1722 and 1726. His label appears on several bureaux, including a similar kneehole desk of circa 1735, made from padouk and labelled in the central drawer (see C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, pp. 17 and 87, figs. 71-72).
A bureau-cabinet bearing Belchier's more detailed label, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 15 April 1999, lot 125.

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