Lot 205
205
A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONISED, PARCEL-GILT AND CHINESE LACQUER SIDE-CABINET the rectangular black and white marble top with pierced three-quarter gallery, the panelled frieze centred by a satyr-mask flanked by putti, above two panelled doors each inset with a panel of 18th Century Chinese lacquer inlaid in coloured mother-of-pearl with lions and an elephant and shrubs beside a lake, flanked by simulated column pilasters headed by Mercury masks, on paw feet and plinth base edged with gadrooning, the base formerly marbled, with label inscribed in ink Rev G. M. Thompson St. Andrews Vicarage Croydon

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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONISED, PARCEL-GILT AND CHINESE LACQUER SIDE-CABINET the rectangular black and white marble top with pierced three-quarter gallery, the panelled frieze centred by a satyr-mask flanked by putti, above two panelled doors each inset with a panel of 18th Century Chinese lacquer inlaid in coloured mother-of-pearl with lions and an elephant and shrubs beside a lake, flanked by simulated column pilasters headed by Mercury masks, on paw feet and plinth base edged with gadrooning, the base formerly marbled, with label inscribed in ink Rev G. M. Thompson St. Andrews Vicarage Croydon
57¾in. (147cm.) wide; 41¼in. (105cm.) high; 17in. (43cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This type of French style cabinet with marble top, oriental lacquer and Grecian lion-paw feet reflects the eclectic style popularised by King George IV (1820-1830). It evolved from the type of cabinets illustrated in the Drawing Rooms at Brighton Pavilion in the early 1820's (see: J. Morley, The Making of the Royal Pavilion Brighton, London, 1984, p. 131). A related chiffonier-commode, now at Brighton Pavilion, and a related commode, are illustrated C. Myusgrave, Regency Furniture, London, 1961, fig. 25 and M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture, London, rev. edn., 1965, fig. 45, respectively. A related dwarf-cabinet was sold in these Rooms, 7 November 1985, lot 41

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