ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1765

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CLOTHES PRESS
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1765
The moulded dentil cornice above a pair of rounded panelled doors surmounted by roundels, enclosing four trays, above two short and two long graduated drawers on shaped ogee bracket feet, with storage label to reverse 'K. ENGLAND & SONS LTD./REMOVERS & STORERS/LEAMINGTON SPA/No. 139/Customer's Name...' and 'J. MAY'S DEPOSITORY/TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD'
76 ¼ in. (194 cm.) high; 50 ¼ in. (127.5 cm.) wide; 25 ½ in. (65 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

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).

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