A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BUREAU

BY JOHN PARDOE, CIRCA 1740-45

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BUREAU
BY JOHN PARDOE, CIRCA 1740-45
The sloping cleated fall enclosing an arrangement of pigeon-holes and drawers around a central cupboard flanked by column-fronted document slides, with two short and two long drawers to the case on bracket feet, the top right drawer with maker's label John Pardoe at the Cabinet & Chair, next to Temple Barr in ye Strand. Makes & Sells all sorts of Looking Glasses, Coach Glasses, Cabinet Work & Chairs, Beds, & Bedding, with all other sorts of Goods in the Cabinet and Upholsterers way. N.B. All sorts of Cabinet work Glasses and Chairs for Exportation, the handles replaced
40½in. (103cm.) high, 37in. (94cm.) wide, 19¼in. (49cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This fine mahogany bureau bearing the label of John Pardoe is virtually identical to another bureau bearing his label, supplied on 3 March 1743 at a cost of £3 13s. 6d. which is illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p.365, fig. 713.

John Pardoe was active from 1717 until March 1748 when he announced in the Daily Advertiser that he had 'left off trade' and offered his stock for sale. Records show that he supplied furniture for some of the great British houses, including mirrors for Erddig, Denbigshire in 1717 and a several pieces for Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire.

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