A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD RUDD'S DRESSING-TABLE

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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

細節

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD RUDD'S DRESSING-TABLE
The rectangular top later inlaid with a shell medallion, the frieze with a long fitted drawer enclosing a green leather-lined writing-surface flanked by various pots, each short drawer enclosing a hinged mirror and further fitments, on square tapering legs inlaid with ribbon-tied husks, brass caps and castors, the satinwood inlay and marquetry added in the 19th Century, with red chalk inscription '3535' and inscribed in blue chalk on the underside '5 Left Window', the handles replaced
33½ in. (85 cm.) high; 42 in. (106.5 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep

來源

Bought by Sir Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Bt. and 1st Earl of Iveagh (d. 1927) and by descent to
The 3rd Earl of Iveagh, Elveden Hall, Thetford, Norfolk, sold Christie's house sale, 21-24 May 1984, lot 621 (£3,672).

注意事項

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拍品專文

This dressing-table was almost certainly embellished by the Dublin firm of Michael Butler, who specialised in embellishing and reproducing Irish 18th Century furniture (D. FitzGerald, 'Dublin Directories and Trade Labels', Furniture History, 1985, p. 262). The firm worked extensively for the 1st Earl of Iveagh (d. 1927) supplying him with much of the furniture for Elveden Hall, Norfolk, six marked pieces by Butler being included in the Elveden Hall house sale, Christie's, 21-24 May 1984.

A 'lady's dressing table' of this pattern, with plain tapering legs, was illustrated in Thomas Shearer's The Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices, 1788. Shearer also named it 'A Rudd' in his 1797 edition, and named it after Margaret Caroline Rudd (d. 1779).
A related dressing-table was offered anonymously, in these Rooms, 14 September 2000, lot 21.