A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE

IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND ALTERED

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE
In the manner of Thomas Chippendale, late 18th/early 19th century and altered
The acanthus-carved swan's neck cornice with central plinth above a pair of glazed doors, flanked by two single glazed doors, the interiors backed by cream watered silk and each fitted with three adjustable shelves, above a base of central cabinet doors flanked by smaller single doors, all with rope-twist carving and carved rosettes, on bracket feet, most of the later locks stamped SECURE LEVER, altered in size and with later panels to the cabinet doors which are applied with their original carved elements
102in. (266cm.) high, 104¾in. (266cm.) wide, 23½in. (57cm.) deep

拍品專文

The form of this bookcase with its elegant swan's neck pediment with panelled details, as well as its rope-twist bordered cabinet doors with cut-corners all feature in documented bookcases executed in the workshop of Thomas Chippendale. A pair of comparable bookcases were supplied to Sir Lawrence Dundas for his London home at 19 Arlington Street in 1764 (see C.Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, New York, vol.II, p.48, fig.73). Another pair of similar bookcases commissioned by the Earl of Pembroke for Wilton House, Wiltshire appear in Sir William Chambers's drawings for the study at Pembroke House (op.cit., pp.44-46, figs.68-71). The distinctive carved roundels with outer beaded borders appear on many Chippendale works such as the celebrated library desk supplied for Harewood House (ibid, p.244, fig.446).