CIRCA 1775, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN COBB

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A GEORGE III MARQUETRY-INLAID AND ROSEWOOD CROSSBANDED SATINWOOD LOW-PRESS
CIRCA 1775, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN COBB
The rectangular top with a shallow frieze inlaid to simulate fluting above a pair of patera-inlaid doors enclosing two cedar-lined sliding trays on tapering square-section feet, originally with further trays, losses to edge mouldings
40 in. (101.5 cm.) high; 48.1/2 in. (123 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Provenance

Possibly Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness (1718-1788), Holdernesse House, Park Lane, London.
Possibly acquired in situ at Holdernesse House (later Londonderry House) by Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) in 1822, and by descent.

Literature

Wynyard Park inventory, 1886, vol. ii, p. 39, Lady Londonderry’s bedroom, ‘4ft. richly inlaid “Sheraton” dwarf wardrobe, fitted two sliding trays…’
Wynyard Park inventory, 1956, p. 177, Lady Jane’s bedroom, (listed as at 101 Park Street, W.1.)
Wynyard Park inventory, 1965, vol. i, p. 31, horse shoe suite, bedroom number one.

Special notice

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Sale room notice

This lot can now be attributed to the royal cabinet maker Charles Elliott (1752-1823) and dated to circa 1797-8 on the basis of close comparison with furniture he supplied for Langleys, Essex, see ‘Documented Furniture at Langleys Essex’, Country Life, 7 August 1942, pp. 264-5.

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Lot Essay

The attribution of this (and the following) cabinet to John Cobb is provided by the apparent common authorship with the preceding bombé commodes, which are strongly linked to his oeuvre. The design and decoration is unlike that generally associated with the output of the celebrated royal cabinet maker’s workshop, and would more usually be associated with Cobb’s rivals, Mayhew and Ince. The attribution is all the more interesting as these bedroom cabinets would be a rare demonstration of the final works produced prior to Cobb’s death in 1778.

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