THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

The press displays the quality and constructional features associated with the known work of Thomas Chippendale, specifically the laminated blocks supporting the bracket feet and the use of a red-coloured wash on the carcase timbers. It has the sober feel of furniture supplied by Chippendale in commissions for Aske Hall, Yorkshire, in 1764-5, Mersham, Kent, in 1767, and for Paxton House, Berwickshire, around 1775 (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, pp. 60 - 61, figs. 94 and 95, and p. 135, figs. 242 and 243).