Lot Essay
G. Coxed and T. Woster of 'The White Swan', St. Paul's Churchyard, London were famous for their combination of pewter inlay with highly-figured burr veneer. The veneer was often stained to simulate tortoiseshell or mulberry.
A bureau-cabinet bearing their makers' label is illustrated in R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, vol. I, p. 138, fig. 33, and also in R. Edwards and M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, London, rev. ed., 1946, fig. 212. The bureau has similar cross-banding, pewter-inlay and ornamental hinges to the doors as the present lot.
Related bureau-cabinets were sold in these Rooms, one the property of the late K. B. Harris, 25 January 1974, lot 41, and the other annonymously, 24 April 1980, lot 144.
A bureau-cabinet bearing their makers' label is illustrated in R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, vol. I, p. 138, fig. 33, and also in R. Edwards and M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, London, rev. ed., 1946, fig. 212. The bureau has similar cross-banding, pewter-inlay and ornamental hinges to the doors as the present lot.
Related bureau-cabinets were sold in these Rooms, one the property of the late K. B. Harris, 25 January 1974, lot 41, and the other annonymously, 24 April 1980, lot 144.