A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BEDSIDE COMMODE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BEDSIDE COMMODE
En Suite with the proceeding lot, with variations, lacking cover to pot, the seat split
24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 31 in. (78.5 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to George Wilbraham (d. 1813) for Delamere House, Cheshire.
Thence by descent in the Wilbraham family, latterly of Sweet Briar Hall, Cheshire.

Lot Essay

In 1774 a related pair of tray-topped and tambour-fronted night tables were supplied to Ninian Home by Thomas Chippendale (d.1779) of St. Martin's Lane for Paxton House, Berwick (illustrated in C. Gilbert The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, p. 249, fig. 454).

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