A George II Black And Gilt Japanned Corner Cabinet, Circa 1740

The David Style Collection, Christie's South Kensington, 12 January 2005, lot 396

The landowner and gentleman antiques dealer David L. Style (1913-2004) is best remembered for his acquisition in 1945 of Wateringbury Place, a Queen Anne House outside Maidstone, Kent that had been built for one of his ancestors, that he furnished with a significant collection of 18th-century English and French furniture, much of it with important English country house provenance. This collection was dispersed at auction in 1978, in one of the 20th century's greatest landmark house sales. Following the sale Style acquired and furnished several addition residences both in London and the Isle of Man, whose contents were sold in 2005 after his death, including this corner cabinet and lot 24 in the Hyde Park Part I auction, the George II scarlet japanned bureau cabinet.