A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BUREAU-CABINET

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BUREAU-CABINET
Mid-18th Century
The dentilled broken, arched pediment with central giltwood flaming urn finial above a similarly molded cornice, the doors each with a cartouche-shaped mirror-inset with gilt edge enclosing two movable shelves above a hinged door flanked by pigeonholes over small drawers, the lower section with a slant front enclosing a central pull-out section with hinged door flanked by engaged fluted pilasters and with pigeonholes over long and short drawers, above four graduated drawers on later ogee bracket feet, each side of the lower section with a brass bail pull, with the white chalk inscription 746, brasses replaced
89in. (226cm.) high, 43½in. (110.5cm.) wide, 22½in. (57cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The cartouche-form mirror surrounds with carved gilt fillet border, broken arched pediment and brass lifting handles are all features typically associated with the cabinet-maker Giles Grendey of Clerkenwell (see two labelled pieces illustrated in C. Gilbert, ed., Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, pp.240-241, figs. 432-433). While Grendey is best known for his trade in lavish japanned furniture, his also produced neatly made walnut and mahogany pieces for the English market. Similarly complex molded panels also appear on the work of Philip Bell, of St. Paul's Churchyard, London (op.cit., p.100, figs.100-101).

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