A WILLIAM AND MARY KINGWOOD PARQUETRY CABINET-ON-STAND

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Lots 45-50)

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A WILLIAM AND MARY KINGWOOD PARQUETRY CABINET-ON-STAND

The rectangular top with moulded edge and inlaid with two ovals above a pair of doors with conforming inlay and enclosing a lozenge-parquetry interior of ten variously-sized walnut-lined drawers, the stand with a single walnut-lined long drawer, on spirally-turned legs joined by a box stretcher inlaid with geometric band, with printed depository label of WALTER CARTER HARROD'S SOUTHPORT
32½in. (88 cm.) wide, 51½in. (131cm.) high, 18¾in. (47cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The use of walnut in the construction at this time suggests that this cabinet may have been made by an immigrant craftsman in England. A related cabinet with oyster-veneer and bobbin-turned legs was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 15 November 1990, lot 121

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