BY JOHN PARDOE, SALISBURY COURT LONDON,C.1743-1748

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY PRESS CUPBOARD
BY JOHN PARDOE, SALISBURY COURT LONDON,c.1743-1748
The veneered top with a moulded edge, fitted with seven sliding trays enclosed by a pair of fielded panelled doors on ogee bracket feet and original lignum vitae castors, one slide with a label 'JOHN PARDOE (Remov'd from Temple Barr) against Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, LONDON. Makes and Sells all sorts of upholders work. Chairs, Glafses, Cabinet ware, & c.' and written in ink 'No 23' and a coded price.
52¾in. (134cm.) high, 47½in. (121cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

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.Several pieces by him bearing his label are known and a bureau with his label and dated 3rd March 1743 and address 'next to Temple Barr in ye Strand' would indicate that the present lot dates to the period between 1743 and his retirement in 1748. Records show that he supplied furniture for some of the great British houses including mirrors for Erddig,Denbighshire in 1717 and several pieces for Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey,Warwickshire.Three labels by J.Pardoe showing similar hand-written stock numbers and coded price are shown in C.Gilbert,Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds,1996,p.363.

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