ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE OAKLEY, CIRCA 1810

A pair of side cabinets with the same uprights 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). Other dining-room furniture from this same group includes: a serving-table from the Bedford Hotel in Brighton (see J.C. Rogers, English Furniture, rev.edn., 1959, p.235, fig.189); another of the same form sold in these Rooms, 12 April 1996, lot 106; and a smaller serving-table illustrated in R. Edwards and L.G.G. Ramsey, eds., The Connoisseur Period Guides: The Regency Period, London, 1962, pl.25B.