CIRCA 1805, IN THE MANNER OF GEORGE OAKLEY

George Oakley of St. Paul's Churchyard and Old Bond Street, is known to have supplied a satinwood and rosewood banded dressing-mirror, for Papworth Hall, Cambridgeshire, in 1810. (P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, p. 232, fig. 26). The firm of George Oakley, which produced fashionable furniture in the Grecian style, is listed at various locations from 1789 to 1819. Their popular designs and quality craftsmanship earned them royal patronage in addition to private commissions.