CIRCA 1810

細節

A REGENCY EBONY-INLAID ROSEWOOD BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE
CIRCA 1810
The pedimented cornice centered by an anthemia spray over two pairs of glazed mullioned doors, flanked by anthemia decorated stiles above a pair of panelled doors, flanked by further anthemia-decorated stiles, with a similar pair of doors to sides, enclosing shelves, on a plinth base with chalk number BY799 to reverse
105½ in. (267 cm.) high, 91½ in. (232.5 cm.) wide, 19 in. (48 cm.) deep

來源

The Property of a Lady; Christie's, London, 25 June 1981, lot 127.
with Jeremy, London.

拍品專文

The cornice and the manner of the inlay on this bookcase relates to a bookcase by George Oakley (d. 1841), supplied to Charles Madryll Cheere for Papworth Hall, Cambridgeshire, in 1810. Invoiced as a 'mahogany winged library case in the Grecian stile, the doors fitted with brass trellis wire and quilled silk curtains with best locks and keys', it was part of a larger commission in the same 'Grecian' style. The bookcase was subsequently sold by order of the Executors of the late Major Derek Parker-Bowles, Christie's, London, 1 December 1977, lot 150.

Oakley whose Bond Street 'Manufactory and Magazine for fashionable Furniture' attracted the patronage of the Prince of Wales, later George IV, for whom he supplied furniture in the Grecian style, along with other distinguished patrons during his long career which lasted from 1789 to 1819. The firm was granted a royal warrant in 1799 after receiving a visit from Queen Charlotte and other members of the Royal family upon which '...her MAJESTY, the Duke and Duchess of YORK, and the PRINCESSES, &c., highly approved of the splendid variety which has justly attracted the notice of the fashionable world' (Morning Chronicle, May 1799).