THE PROPERTY OF AN INSTITUTION
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY CHIFFONIER
Details
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY CHIFFONIER
Crossbanded overall in kingwood and inlaid with boxwood and amaranth lines, the rectangular superstructure with moulded top above a pair of doors inlaid with a ribbon-tied laurel-swagged oval medallion inlaid with Cupid and a putto climbing a ladder and enclosing a mahogany-lined interior with one shelf, above five mahogany-lined graduated drawers on later rosewood inlaid square tapering feet with tapering caps, with metal inventory tag to the reverse 1248
36in. (91.5cm.) wide; 59½in. (151cm.) high; 18½in. (47cm.) deep
Crossbanded overall in kingwood and inlaid with boxwood and amaranth lines, the rectangular superstructure with moulded top above a pair of doors inlaid with a ribbon-tied laurel-swagged oval medallion inlaid with Cupid and a putto climbing a ladder and enclosing a mahogany-lined interior with one shelf, above five mahogany-lined graduated drawers on later rosewood inlaid square tapering feet with tapering caps, with metal inventory tag to the reverse 1248
36in. (91.5cm.) wide; 59½in. (151cm.) high; 18½in. (47cm.) deep
Literature
P. Macquoid, The Age of Satinwood, London, 1908, fig. 140