THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

A GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND MAHOGANY LADIES' WRITING CABINET,

CIRCA 1785,

细节

A GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND MAHOGANY LADIES' WRITING CABINET,
Circa 1785,
with pierced three-quarter gallery, the top inlaid with a satinwood oval reserve and mounted with a rosette-cast tablet above a pair of oval glazed doors enclosing an adjustable shelf, the eared canted lower section with a projecting crossbanded edge and a drawer fitted with a hinged surface above a pair of crossbanded cupboard doors raised on angled bracket feet and later stained ball feet, inscribed to the reverse in black chalk #380
57¼in. (145cm.) high, 38¾in. (98cm.) wide, 17in. (43cm.) deep

拍品专文

The elegant form of this ladies' writing cabinet and the use of high quality well-figured mahogany and satinwood may indicate production from one of the established and respected firms of either Seddon, Sons and Shackleton or Gillows of London and Lancaster. Each firm is renowned for their refined forms of sophisticated furniture. The use of the ormolu tablet cast with conjoined medallions is an interesting feature, where more frequently one finds such decoration carved in wood. In 1786, Sophie von La Roche, a German lady, visited Seddon's workshops and subsequently wrote about her experience. At one point while discussing the numerous different activities of the men at work within the workshop she notes 'Girdlers - who mould the bronze into graceful patterns..'(C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 48).