A George I walnut and feather-banded bureau cabinet, circa 1715-25

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

November 8, 02:13 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a European Private Collection

A George I walnut and feather-banded bureau cabinet, circa 1715-25

the top with an arched moulded cornice with three later turned finials above a pair of bevelled mirrored doors, with a grained oak interior enclosing adjustable shelves and three short drawers, with two candle slides below, with gilt-lacquer brass carrying handles to the sides, the lower section with a fall front enclosing an interior of eight short and two long drawers and a later green leather-inset writing surface, with lopers, two short and two graduated long drawers below, on later bracket feet, with conforming carrying handles to the sides, mirror plates original

219.5cm. high, 87cm. wide, 55cm. deep; 7ft. 2½in., 2ft. 10½in., 1ft. 9¾in.

Acquired from Spink & Son, 1988.

The treatment of the cornice and upper section of the present lot relates stylistically to a group of contemporaneous bureau-cabinets that also have breakfront-shaped cavetto pediments. These comparable examples, often associated with the output of Samuel Bennet on the basis of a labelled example, tend to have bombé-form lower sections, and also include additional mounts or inlay in brass.

For two related examples, see the that offered Christie's London, 22 September 2022, lot 128 and the bureau-cabinet with Godson & Coles, London (REF929).