Lot Essay
This chest is visible in the Saloon in the Joel photographs of Hackwood, circa 1950.
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Details
A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND MARQUETRY CHEST-ON-STAND
The crossbanded rectangular moulded top above two short and two long drawers inlaid with panels of floral marquetry, the later stand with plain frieze and cabriole legs and plain frieze, the top reveneered, reduced in height
43¾ in. (111 cm.) wide; 39½ in. (100 cm.) high; 18¼ in. (47 cm.) deep
The crossbanded rectangular moulded top above two short and two long drawers inlaid with panels of floral marquetry, the later stand with plain frieze and cabriole legs and plain frieze, the top reveneered, reduced in height
43¾ in. (111 cm.) wide; 39½ in. (100 cm.) high; 18¼ in. (47 cm.) deep
Provenance
Possibly William, 3rd Baron Bolton (1818-1895).
Possibly by descent until sold in 1935 with Hackwood to William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (d.1954).
Thence by descent.
Possibly by descent until sold in 1935 with Hackwood to William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (d.1954).
Thence by descent.
Literature
Possibly the 1905 Inventory, The Entrance Hall: 'A 3ft. 9in. marqueterie commode chest of 4 drawers on raised feet Temp William and Mary'.