Lot 102
102
Various Properties
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DRESSING-CHEST, banded overall with satinwood and inlaid with ebonised lines, the rectangular hinged top with moulded edge and enclosing a fitted interior of lidded wells and divided compartments flanking a central hinged mirror, the front with four drawers and three cupboards simulated as nine drawers, on square tapering legs, brass caps and castors, the lowest cupboard with later solid base

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DRESSING-CHEST, banded overall with satinwood and inlaid with ebonised lines, the rectangular hinged top with moulded edge and enclosing a fitted interior of lidded wells and divided compartments flanking a central hinged mirror, the front with four drawers and three cupboards simulated as nine drawers, on square tapering legs, brass caps and castors, the lowest cupboard with later solid base
33¾in. (85.5cm.) wide; 34½in. (88cm.) high; 22¼in. (56cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The design is inspired by a series of the 1780s and 1790s that began with Chippendale, was developed by Hepplewhite (Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl. 80) and culminated in the Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices, 1788, pt. III, pl. LIII. An executed example that is very close to the present chest is illustrated in F. Collard, Regency Furniture, Woodbridge, 1985, p. 17

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