Lot Essay
The cabinet's Roman lion-paw feet reflect the antique style promoted by C.H. Tatham's Etchings of Ancient Ornamental Architecture, 1799; and combined with its golden filigreed tablets reflects the early 19th Century Louis Quatorze fashion promoted by London 'buhl' manufactories, such as that established around 1805 by Thomas Parker. Its reeded pilasters are enriched with acanthus-wrapped trusses in the Inigo Jones Roman fashion promoted by architects such as Samuel Wyatt; and the latter is likely to have assisted with the design of related brass-grilled bookcases supplied in 1811 for Tatton Park, Cheshire by Messrs Gillows of London and Lancaster.