Lot Essay
(JOHN'S DRAFT NOTE)
Its ornament of fretwork frieze, 'antique' hexagonal-compartmented glazing-bars and drawer-fitted base accompanied by 'French' style 'commode'-doors with indented corner mouldings is typical of the fashionable George III style popularised in the 1760's by the Golden Square firm of Messrs. William Ince and John Mayhew. Their Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762, illustrates these features on a cabinet described as a 'Gentleman's Repository', plate XXI. This bookcase, which is reputed to have come from Ham House, Richmond, would have descended by inheritance from Lyonel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart (d. 1770). A related mahogany fretwork china-cabinett also in the manner of Mayhew and Ince and from Ham House is illustrated G. Beard and J. Goodison, English Furniture, 1987, p.119
Its ornament of fretwork frieze, 'antique' hexagonal-compartmented glazing-bars and drawer-fitted base accompanied by 'French' style 'commode'-doors with indented corner mouldings is typical of the fashionable George III style popularised in the 1760's by the Golden Square firm of Messrs. William Ince and John Mayhew. Their Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762, illustrates these features on a cabinet described as a 'Gentleman's Repository', plate XXI. This bookcase, which is reputed to have come from Ham House, Richmond, would have descended by inheritance from Lyonel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart (d. 1770). A related mahogany fretwork china-cabinett also in the manner of Mayhew and Ince and from Ham House is illustrated G. Beard and J. Goodison, English Furniture, 1987, p.119