Treasures | London
Treasures | London
Property of the Chamberlayne Family
A George III painted and parcel-gilt cabinet-on-stand, circa 1790, almost certainly by George Brookshaw
Auction Closed
December 4, 03:22 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the cabinet with an intricately painted floral frieze above panels with a painted duck-egg blue ground, the panel doors centred by roundels depicting scenes after Angelica Kauffmann, the sides also with roundels depicting Classical scenes, enclosing an arrangement of pigeon holes and drawers fronted with painted grisaille profiles, resting on a base with a conforming painted floral frieze and on tapering reeded legs joined by an X stretcher, the decoration partially refreshed
183.5cm high, 86.5cm wide, 37.7cm deep;
6 ft. ¼ in., 2ft. 10 in., 1ft. 2 ⅞ in.
The Chamberlayne family at Stoneythorpe Hall, Warwickshire;
On loan from the Chamberlaynes to Attingham Park, Shropshire, circa 1990 to present.
Possibly referenced in T. B. D. Horniblow, Rural Romance: Quaint Tales of Old Warwickshire (Shakespeare’s Country), Leamington Spa, 1923, p.63, where erroneously described as a "French cabinet of the Empire period"
L. Wood, The Lady Lever Art Gallery: Catalogue of Commodes, London, 1995, p.253, figs. 241-242.
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