Lot 143
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A GEORGE II WALNUT AND BURR WALNUT TALLBOY
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A GEORGE II WALNUT AND BURR WALNUT TALLBOY

CIRCA 1730

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A GEORGE II WALNUT AND BURR WALNUT TALLBOY
CIRCA 1730
Featherbanded overall, the canted retangular ovolo cornice above two short and three long graduated drawers flanked by fluted Corninthian pilasters, the base section with a slide above three graduated drawers flanked by fluted pilasters, on shaped bracket feet, the handles apparently original
73 in. (185.5 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

The canted angles of the bedroom tallboy are designed as fluted Ionic pilasters, in the Roman fashion of the 1730s that was promoted by the artist architect William Kent (d. 1748), his mentor Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (d. 1753) and the architect Henry Flitcroft (d. 1769), known from his association with Lord Burlington as 'Burlington Harry'.

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