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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY DRESSING CABINET
Attributed to John Durham, the superstructure with a decorated ledge back and fitted with a hinged and two sliding mirror plates with galleried platforms and enclosed by a pair of fan-decorated panel doors, the lower part with three dummy frieze drawers sliding to reveal a fitted interior with a lead-lined recess and compartment to either side, with a lead-lined arched apron drawer below, on turned reeded tapering legs, the reverse inscribed DJ 2655
37¾in. (96cm.) wide, 57½in. (146cm.) high, 21¾in. (52cm.) deep
Attributed to John Durham, the superstructure with a decorated ledge back and fitted with a hinged and two sliding mirror plates with galleried platforms and enclosed by a pair of fan-decorated panel doors, the lower part with three dummy frieze drawers sliding to reveal a fitted interior with a lead-lined recess and compartment to either side, with a lead-lined arched apron drawer below, on turned reeded tapering legs, the reverse inscribed DJ 2655
37¾in. (96cm.) wide, 57½in. (146cm.) high, 21¾in. (52cm.) deep
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John Durham was foreman to Thomas Morgan, of Morgan & Sander's and acquired that business in 1822. He inherited Sander's connection with Rudolph Ackermann and this cabinet is based closely on a design illustrated in Ackermann's Repository of Arts for September 1822 and illustrated in P. Agius, Ackermann's Regency Furniture and Interiors, Marlborough 1984, p.150, plate 136
The text noted that 'we have been kindly permited by Mr Durham to copy this handsome piece of furniture at his manufactory, 26, Catherine Street, Strand.
The text noted that 'we have been kindly permited by Mr Durham to copy this handsome piece of furniture at his manufactory, 26, Catherine Street, Strand.