MID 18TH CENTURY, OXFORDSHIRE

Details

A GEORGE II FIGURED WALNUT AND OAK CHEST
MID 18TH CENTURY, OXFORDSHIRE
With five graduated drawers and single-panel sides
33 in. (84 cm.) high; 38 in. (97 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53 cm.) deep

Special notice

All sold and unsold lots marked with a filled square in the catalogue that are not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the day of the sale, and all sold and unsold lots not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the fifth Friday following the sale, will be removed to the warehouse of ‘Cadogan Tate’. Please note that there will be no charge to purchasers who collect their lots within two weeks of this sale.

Lot Essay

This chest belongs to a small group with the characteristic features of fruitwood cross-bandings and large single-panel sides and back.
Here the 1845 'Weekly Dispatch' newspaper lining in the top drawer appears to confirm the local hearsay Oxfordshire attribution with the hand-written address 'Mrs Jones, Masones Factory, Tiddington, Oxfordshire'

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