MADE USING EARLIER MARQUETRY PANELS

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A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT AND MARQUETRY BUREAU-CABINET
MADE USING EARLIER MARQUETRY PANELS
Crossbanded on the front and sides, with a cushion frieze drawer above a pair of doors inlaid with a central oval of a basket of flowers in an oak garland, the spandrels with flowers, enclosing a fitted interior of ten small drawers, a central cupboard with four further drawers, eight pigeon-holes and four secret drawers, the lower section with a hinged slope enclosing five drawers, above three long drawers, on bracket feet, inscribed in chalk on the reverse '2 1194 84', converted from an early 18th century cabinet-on-chest, the main pair of doors associated, the metalwork replaced
73 in. (185.5 cm.) high; 47¼ in. (120 cm.) wide; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) deep

Provenance

Knight, Frank & Rutley, circa 1940.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The wreathed medallion of a basket and flowers issuing from whorled Roman acanthus foliage reflects the Louis Quatorze 'antique' or 'Roman' style, and relates to inlaid work such as the 'flowered' table invoiced in 1685 for Levens Hall, Cumbria by Thomas Pistor (d. 1710) (A. Turpin, 'Thomas Pistor, Father and Son, and Levens Hall', Furniture History, 2000, pp. 43-60, figs. 1 and 4).
A cabinet-on-stand with related floral marquetry was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 20 October 1975, lot 112 and another with similar floral spandrels and shaped marquetry panels on the drawers, was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 12 July 1996, lot 54.

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