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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND LINE-INLAID COMMODE
WITH A HINGED TOP AND FRONT INLAID IN IMITATION OF PANELLED DOORS AND SIX SHORT DRAWERS AND REVEALING AN INTERIOR WITH PORCELAIN LINER ABOVE A SHAPED APRON AND SPLAYED BRACKET FEET, BEARING HAND WRITTEN LABEL COMMODE FROM ELM RIDGE, (PROBABLY CLEVELAND LODGE BEFORE) GIVEN TO J.E.H. ON HIS MARRIAGE AND LATER TAKEN TO DRYDERDALE POSSIBLE DATE 1790 -- 24IN. (62CM.) WIDE
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WITH A HINGED TOP AND FRONT INLAID IN IMITATION OF PANELLED DOORS AND SIX SHORT DRAWERS AND REVEALING AN INTERIOR WITH PORCELAIN LINER ABOVE A SHAPED APRON AND SPLAYED BRACKET FEET, BEARING HAND WRITTEN LABEL COMMODE FROM ELM RIDGE, (PROBABLY CLEVELAND LODGE BEFORE) GIVEN TO J.E.H. ON HIS MARRIAGE AND LATER TAKEN TO DRYDERDALE POSSIBLE DATE 1790 -- 24IN. (62CM.) WIDE
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Provenance
EDWARD PEASE OF DARLINGTON (1767 - 1858) WHO WAS KNOWN AS 'THE FATHER OF THE RAILWAYS' AND EMPLOYED GEORGE STEPHENSON TO BUILD THE STOCKTON TO DARLINGTON RAILWAY. THEN BY DESCENT THROUGH SEVERAL GENERATIONS AT CLEVELAND LODGE, GREAT AYTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE, ELM RIDGE DARLINGTON, SHELLEYS, DARLINGTON, AND DRYDERDALE HALL, CO DURHAM AND EVENTUALLY TO THE PRESENT OWNER.