Lot Essay
A large sideboard with panelled frieze and on almost identical supports to the present lot was supplied to James Fox (d.1821) of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, almost certainly by John Bellerby (1782-1827) of Mickleby, York. The sideboard is thought to correspond to an invoice for (21 that survives in Leeds Central Library. The Bramham sideboard lacks the stop-fluting in the lower part of the legs but the design of the legs, including the lion-mask panel, is otherwise identical to the present lot.
The Bramham sideboard was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 23 April 1988, lot 158
The Bramham sideboard was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 23 April 1988, lot 158