AN IRISH GEORGE II BUREAU-CABINET
AN IRISH GEORGE II BUREAU-CABINET
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AN IRISH GEORGE II BUREAU-CABINET

CIRCA 1745-50

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AN IRISH GEORGE II BUREAU-CABINET
CIRCA 1745-50
THE BROKEN PEDIMENT AND DENTIL CORNICED ABOVE A DOOR WITH LATER PLATE FLANKED BY CORINTHIAN-HEADED STOP-FLUTED PILASTERS, ENCLOSING THREE REMOVABLE SHELVES AND FOUR SHORT DRAWERS, ABOVE A FALL-FLAP ENCLOSING A CENTRAL PILASTER-FRONTED DOOR WITH INSIDE DRAWER AND SHELF AND FLANKED BY A DRAWER AND THREE PIGEON-HOLES TO EACH SIDE AND FURTHER FLANKED BY CONCEALED SPRUNG DRAWERS, ABOVE A FURTHER DRAWER ENCLOSING A RATCHETED READING-STAND, THE LOWER SECTION WITH A DRAWER WITH MOULDED ANGLE-SUPPORTS AND ENCLOSING A WRITING-SLIDE, TWO PEN-TRAYS WITH WELLS AND A COMPARTMENTALIZED INTERIOR, ABOVE THREE LONG GRADUATED DRAWERS ON SHAPED BRACKET FEET, MINOR RESTORATIONS TO MOULDINGS, LATER SHELVES
94½ IN. (240 CM.) HIGH; 40½ IN. (103 CM.) WIDE; 22¼ IN. (56.5 CM.) DEEP
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THE ANTIQUE COLLECTOR, SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1946, FRONT COVER (TRADE ADVERTISEMENT, NORMAN ADAMS).

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THIS HANDSOME BUREAU-DRESSING CABINET, WITH PILASTERS, DENTIL CORINTHIAN CORNICE, AND PEDIMENT HOLLOWED FOR A BUST OR ESCUTCHEON, IS DESIGNED IN THE GEORGE II ROMAN MANNER, WHOSE ARCHITECTURE DERIVES IN PART FROM ISAAC WARE'S TRANSLATION OF PALLADIO'S FOUR BOOKS OF ARCHITECTURE, 1738. IT RELATES TO THE POWDERHAM CASTLE BOOKCASES, DATED 1740 AND BEARING THE SIGNATURE OF JOHN CHANNON. IT ALSO RELATES TO THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM'S 'CHANNON' CABINET, WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE MEDAL-CABINET FEATURED IN THE ADVERTISEMENT PRINT ALONGSIDE INGENIOUS HARLEQUIN FURNITURE PATTERNS ISSUED BY THOMAS POTTER IN THE LATE 1730S (SEE C. GILBERT AND T. MURDOCH, JOHN CHANNON AND BRASS-INLAID FURNITURE, LONDON, 1993, FIGS. 4, 113 AND 11). ITS BUREAU-DRESSING-TABLE DRAWER IS SUPPORTED BY QUARTER-COLUMN LEGS, AND THESE ARE SUNK IN THE ANGLES OF THE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS IN THE MANNER OF THE COUNTESS OF LEICESTER'S DRESSING-TABLE SUPPLIED FOR HOLKHAM HALL, NORFOLK AND NOTED IN A LETTER OF 1738 BY THE ARCHITECT MATTHEW BRETTINGHAM (D. 1769) (SEE C. HISKEY, 'THE BUILDING OF HOLKHAM HALL', ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, 1977, P. 153). THE TRADE LABEL OF THE CELEBRATED ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD FIRM TRADING AT 'THE WHITE SWAN' AND ADMINISTERED FROM 1740 BY ELIZABETH BELL (D. C. 1758) APPEARS ON A CHEST-OF-DRAWERS BEARING THE SAME PATTERN OF FRETTED BRASS ESCUTCHEONS (C. GILBERT, PICTORIAL DICTIONARY OF MARKED LONDON FURNITURE 1700-1840, LEEDS, 1996, P. 90, FIG. 77).

AN IRISH SECRETAIRE-CABINET FROM LEIXLIP CASTLE, CO. KILDARE, WITH THE SAME PATTERN OF ESCUTCHEON AND HANDLE, WAS SOLD BY THE HON. DESMOND GUINNESS, SOTHEBY'S LONDON, 22 MAY 1997, LOT 14.