Lot 77
77
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST-ON-CABINET after a design by Thomas Chippendale, with moulded rectangular canted cornice later carved with waved moulding above two short and three graduated long drawers each with cedar bases, the angles carved with blind gothic fretwork, the base with blind fretwork frieze with two drawers above two panelled doors enclosing four sliding shelves, the canted angles carved with blind gothic fretwork, on later ogee bracket feet

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST-ON-CABINET after a design by Thomas Chippendale, with moulded rectangular canted cornice later carved with waved moulding above two short and three graduated long drawers each with cedar bases, the angles carved with blind gothic fretwork, the base with blind fretwork frieze with two drawers above two panelled doors enclosing four sliding shelves, the canted angles carved with blind gothic fretwork, on later ogee bracket feet
50in. (127cm.) wide; 72½in. (184cm.) high; 26½in. (67cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This chest corresponds to a design by Thomas Chippendale that appeared in both the 1754 edition and the 1762 3rd edition (pls.LXXVIII and CXIII respectively). The intended arrangement of doors in the lower section is not made clear and the blind fretwork band has been simplified.

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