Lot Essay
Furniture with metal inlay was first produced in London at the end of the 17th Century and was certainly inspired by Continental prototypes. The earliest workshop producing such furniture was managed by Gerrit Jensen (d.1715), who was probably of Dutch origin. The scrolling acanthus inlay on this cabinet is however more closely related to the decoration of an inlaid room at Mawley Hall, Shropshire, completed by an unidentified artist around 1730 for Sir Edward Blount (C. Gilbert and T. Murdoch, John Channon and brass-inlaid furniture 1730-1760, New Haven and London, 1993, p. 15 and pp. 144-145).