Lot Essay
Ash-lined drawers and slides are found in the carcases of many pieces made in Scotland.
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CIRCA 1830, POSSIBLY SCOTTISH
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A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS
CIRCA 1830, POSSIBLY SCOTTISH
The rectangular moulded cornice above a plain frieze, above a pair of Gothic arched panelled doors, between fluted columns, enclosing two ash slides, the base with four ash-lined graduated drawers with original handles, with a shaped apron below, on massive paw feet, with solid rosewood handles, the right door panel warped, the upper backboard in ash with Le Gallais and Sons depository label inscribed 'A COUTANDE (?)/SC1 -53'
87 in. (221 cm.) high; 59 in. (150 cm.) wide; 24¾ in. (63 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1830, POSSIBLY SCOTTISH
The rectangular moulded cornice above a plain frieze, above a pair of Gothic arched panelled doors, between fluted columns, enclosing two ash slides, the base with four ash-lined graduated drawers with original handles, with a shaped apron below, on massive paw feet, with solid rosewood handles, the right door panel warped, the upper backboard in ash with Le Gallais and Sons depository label inscribed 'A COUTANDE (?)/SC1 -53'
87 in. (221 cm.) high; 59 in. (150 cm.) wide; 24¾ in. (63 cm.) deep
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Sale room notice
The interior of the clothes-press is lined with chesnut, not ash as stated in the catalogue. Chestnut is the local wood of the Channel Islands and so it is possible this piece was made in the Channel Islands rather than Scotland.
The Le Gallais depository label indicates a Channel Islands provenance. The shipping firm Le Gallais and Sons have been based on Jersey since 1825. The name inscribed on the label is not 'A COUTANDE' but 'A COUNTANCHE'. Countanche is a well-known Jersey name, members of this family having been based on the island since 1528. The initial 'A' may relate to the son of Henry Coutanche, Arthur J. Coutanche (born circa 1875.
The Le Gallais depository label indicates a Channel Islands provenance. The shipping firm Le Gallais and Sons have been based on Jersey since 1825. The name inscribed on the label is not 'A COUTANDE' but 'A COUNTANCHE'. Countanche is a well-known Jersey name, members of this family having been based on the island since 1528. The initial 'A' may relate to the son of Henry Coutanche, Arthur J. Coutanche (born circa 1875.