POSSIBLY BY INCE AND MAYHEW, CIRCA 1775

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A GEORGE III INDIAN ROSEWOOD-CROSSBANDED MAHOGANY CHEST
POSSIBLY BY INCE AND MAYHEW, CIRCA 1775
The rounded rectangular top above a narrow figured mahogany frieze with shallow drawer, the end panels with dummy handles, above two short and two long graduated drawers between fluted stiles, the feet replaced
34 ½ in. (87 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to Henry, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714-1794) for Apsley House, London or Cirencester House, Gloucestershire and by descent in the collection of the Earls Bathurst.

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Lot Essay

This commode is related to a mahogany commode supplied to George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchelsea and 4th Earl of Nottingham for Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland, and attributed to Ince & Mayhew, sold ‘Simon Sainsbury: Creation of an English Arcadia’, Christie’s, London, 18 June 2008, lot 250 (£679,650 inc. premium). It is also interesting to note the constructional similarities with the preceding two lots and the use of the same handle pattern as lot 26.

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