IN THE MANNER OF GEORGE OAKLEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY, BRASS-MOUNTED AND EBONY-INLAID CLOTHES-PRESS
IN THE MANNER OF GEORGE OAKLEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The arched cornice above two panelled doors enclosing five cedar-lined slides with mahogany fronts, the lower section with two short and two long drawers with original handles and convex quarter fillets, on scrolled tapering feet
89 in. (226 cm.) high; 54 in. (137 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A mahogany bookcase inlaid with related ebony floral patterns was supplied in 1810 to Charles Madryll Cheere for the library at Papworth Hall, Cambridgeshire by the St. Paul's Churchyard cabinet-maker George Oakley. A clothes-press with similar ebony-inlay was sold aonymously, Phillips, London, 9 February 1999, lot 207.

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