SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

细节

A PAIR OF ENGLSIH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID BOULLE MARQUETRY PEDESTAL CABINETS
Second quarter 19th century
Each inlaid overall with interlaced strapwork, acanthus framed foliate clasp inlay, with rectangular moulded white marble top above a mirrored door bordered by Bacchic masks and vines, on a moulded plinth centred by a faun mask, the doors locked
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep (2)

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品专文

This popular form of marble-topped commode, intended to support vases and candelabra and accompany a pier-glass, was known in France as an 'armoire basse' or 'meuble a hauteur d'appui'. This mirror-fronted pair, enriched with ormolu bas-reliefs and filigreed inlay in the boulle manner, was executed in London in the early 19th Century Louis Quatorze style fostered by dealers such as Edward Holmes Baldock (d. 1845) of Hanway Street. The latter noted 'Cabinets' on his 1826 bill-head recording that he specialised in 'buying, selling, exchanging and valuing China, Cabinets, Screens, bronzes etc.'.

His stamp appears on a related Louis Quatorze 'boulle' cabinet, which may have been executed by a specialist 'cabinet inlayer and buhl manufacturer' such as Robert Blake, whose Stephen Street establishment openend in 1826 (C. Gilbert, Marked London Furniture, Leeds, 1996, fig 39).