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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BRASS-MOUNTED SECRETAIRE-CABINET attributed to John Channon, with canted rectangular moulded cornice above a door with rounded rectangular bevelled mirror-plate enclosing two shelves and three mahogany-lined drawers, the lower section with folding baize-lined flap mounted with an escutcheon engraved with a lion-mask within an acanthus-filled cartouche, enclosing a fitted interior with three drawers and pigeon-holes around a door flanked by pilasters, the feet partially replaced, restorations, with two screw holes to the top 32in.(81.25cm.)wide; 78in.(198cm.)high; 18in.(46cm.)deep
來源
The Freeman family, probably Fawley Court, Buckinghamshire
Thence by descent to the present owner
The richly figured veneer and high quality cabinet-work of this cabinet typifies the products of John Channon (d. circa 1783) who was possibly of Huguenot descent and came from a family of Exeter cabinet-makers. He established his London business in 1737 and contributed to making St. Martin's Lane the centre of the cabinet-making industry in the reign of George II. The scrolled cartouche-escutcheon that accompanies the brass work framing the drawers, door-pilasters and mirror is elaborately engraved with a festive panther spewing Roman acanthus foliage. This recalls the engraved 'arabesque' ornament published in the previous century by French ornamentalists such as Jean Berain (d. 1711).
The hinged key-hole cover, released by a concealed spring, is another feature on Channon's finer pieces. The door, being hinged on the right rather than the left, is typical of French clocks of the period. AMongskt the masterpieces attributed to Channon are the 'Murray' bureau at Temple Newsam House, Lleds, and the 'Beckford' bureau-dressing-table at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
It is most likely that this cabinet was supplied for Fawley Court in Buckinghamshire and commissioned by the amateur-architect John Freeman (d. 1752) whose house was furnished in 1720 with some of the classical antiquities acquired from the Arundel collection.
This type of George II cabinet was originally known as 'A Lady's Closet' and similar examples were supplied by George Riddell to Penicuik House in 1722 and by Francis Brodie to Dumfries House in 1753 (see: S. Pryke, The Extraordinary Billhead of Francis Brodie, Regional Furniture Society Journal, 1990, pp. 81-99, figs. 8 and 10
Thence by descent to the present owner
The richly figured veneer and high quality cabinet-work of this cabinet typifies the products of John Channon (d. circa 1783) who was possibly of Huguenot descent and came from a family of Exeter cabinet-makers. He established his London business in 1737 and contributed to making St. Martin's Lane the centre of the cabinet-making industry in the reign of George II. The scrolled cartouche-escutcheon that accompanies the brass work framing the drawers, door-pilasters and mirror is elaborately engraved with a festive panther spewing Roman acanthus foliage. This recalls the engraved 'arabesque' ornament published in the previous century by French ornamentalists such as Jean Berain (d. 1711).
The hinged key-hole cover, released by a concealed spring, is another feature on Channon's finer pieces. The door, being hinged on the right rather than the left, is typical of French clocks of the period. AMongskt the masterpieces attributed to Channon are the 'Murray' bureau at Temple Newsam House, Lleds, and the 'Beckford' bureau-dressing-table at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
It is most likely that this cabinet was supplied for Fawley Court in Buckinghamshire and commissioned by the amateur-architect John Freeman (d. 1752) whose house was furnished in 1720 with some of the classical antiquities acquired from the Arundel collection.
This type of George II cabinet was originally known as 'A Lady's Closet' and similar examples were supplied by George Riddell to Penicuik House in 1722 and by Francis Brodie to Dumfries House in 1753 (see: S. Pryke, The Extraordinary Billhead of Francis Brodie, Regional Furniture Society Journal, 1990, pp. 81-99, figs. 8 and 10