A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD SIDE CABINET

IN THE MANNER OF JOHN MCLEAN, CIRCA 1800

Details

A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD SIDE CABINET
In the manner of John McLean, Circa 1800
Of slight breakfronted form with pierced Greek key three-quarter gallery above a pierced fretwork frieze over a central grille-inset door backed with silk and flanked by open shelves to each side, over a fretwork lower band and plinth, with allover beadwork borders, the plinth reveneered and probably of a slightly later date, bearing the printed trade label of Alexander Gallery/21 Davies Street/Mayfair
36in. (93cm.) high, 40in. (103cm.) wide, 11in. (30cm.) deep

Provenance

The Estate of the late Helen Porter Pryibil, Glen Cove, Long Island, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 20 November 1969, lot 1019.
The Estate of Emma and Sylvia Jackson, sold in these Rooms, 20 April 1991, lot 271 ($9,350).

Lot Essay

The fashion for antique French decoration was popularized by the Prince of Wales in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. One of the principal cabinetmakers producing such 'elegant Parisian Furniture' was the firm of John McLean (d.1825) and Sons of Pancras Street. While the pierced fretwork panels on this piece are somewhat idiosyncratic, the use of 'pearled' borders, pierced fret galleries and simple elegant forms characterize McLean's oeuvre (see S.Redburn, 'John McLean and Son', Furniture History, 1978, pl.32-45).

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