POSSIBLY BY VILE AND COBB

Details

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BEDSIDE CUPBOARD
Possibly by Vile and Cobb
The rectangular top with pierced shaped gallery, above a pair of doors, on square chamfered legs, the door originally sliding in one piece
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) wide; 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to George William, 6th Earl of Coventry (1722-1809) for Croome Court, Worcestershire and by descent with the Earls of Coventry.

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Lot Essay

This bedside cupboard with scalloped gallery was almost certainly commissioned by George William, 6th Earl of Coventry (1722-1809) from one of the leading cabinet-makers that he employed to furnish his country seat, Croome Court in Worcestershire and his London house, 29 (now 106) Piccadilly. In June 1759 the Royal cabinet-makers, William Vile and John Cobb invoiced the Earl 'For 2 Good Mahog'y Close Stoole night Tables on Castors ... £5.16s' and in 1762 'For a neat mahog'y Close stool with a Wood Top and a Stone pan to Ditto ... 10s'. Between 1757 and 1773 they supplied around 1,300 items so it is possible that this bedside cupboard was one of those items.
A pot cupboard with the same serpentined gallery was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 12 February 1999, lot 83.

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