BY THOMAS SCOTT, CIRCA 1790

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A GEORGE III GONCALO ALVES-CROSSBANDED MAHOGANY SERPENTINE DRESSING-CHEST
BY THOMAS SCOTT, CIRCA 1790
With three deep drawers, the top drawer fitted with black leather-lined slide enclosing divisions and lidded compartments around a central mirror, on outswept bracket feet, the drawer with maker's label 'T. Scott/ Maker/ No. 29 Ludgate Hill/ London', inscribed 'Cust' in wax crayon to the reverse, the handles replaced
32 ¼ in. (82 cm.) high; 41 ½ in. (105 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Thomas Scott was recorded as an 'upholder' who 'carried on a substantial business at 29 Ludgate Hill between 1782 and 1804' in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 48. The identical form of printed label is illustrated p.397, pl. 787. Gilbert also records that Scott was best known for his production of 'Rudd's Dressing Table' from the design illustrated in The Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices, 1793, and illustrates a marked example as well as the design (ibid, pls. 785 & 786) with similarly fitted compartments as the drawer to this chest, notably, the illustrated example has the same form of dished grip to the slide.

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