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George III Mahogany Secretaire Chest of Drawers Attributed to Thomas Chippendale, circa 1770In two
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George III Mahogany Secretaire Chest of Drawers
Attributed to Thomas Chippendale, circa 1770
In two parts, the upper galleried two-tier shelves with spindles and fretwork to the back and sides, the upper shelf with pierced Vitruvian scroll front edge, the lower section with a secretaire drawer faced to simulate two long drawers and opening to a baize lined writing surface and an interior fitted with pierced valanced pigeonholes above a mahogany lined long and short drawers, all over two short over three long cockbeaded drawers, raised on bracket feet, on sunk three-way leather casters. Height 65 inches (1.65 m), width 25 inches (63.5 cm), depth 12 1/2 inches (31.8 cm).
The present bureau is almost identical to one formerly at Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, the seat of the Dukes of Leeds, illustrated by P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed., vol. I, p. 152, fig. 60.
These kinds of bureaux were designed for bedrooms, the lattice-work superstructure used for the display of porcelain. Macquoid and Edwards, ibid., p. 147, describe the superstructure of the Hornby example: 'the delicate wave pattern of the gallery is particularly effective, forming a clever contrast to the larger trellis of the back and sides', as is also found on the present lot, with a slightly different configuration to the trellis.
The attribution to Chippendale is based on several features: the overall fine quality of the timber and the finished workmanship of the piece, as well as constructional aspects. These include two characteristics found almost exclusively with Chippendale's oeuvre - the laminated construction of blocks behind the feet (mahogany blocks on the present bureau) as well as the distinctive red wash to the underside and backboards; see Rufus Bird, Who was the 'Dumfries House Cabinet-Maker'?, Christie's catalogue, Dumfries House, July 13, 2007, pp. 7-11, fig. 12. As with the Hornby example, the present bureau has a writing flap in the form of two drawers folding down to a surface and an interior fitted with pigeonholes and small drawers, with two short drawers above three long drawers.
A related example with a secretaire drawer at Aske Hall and made by Chippendale is missing its ' fine open Bookshelf on the top'; see Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, vol. II, p. 60 fig. 94.
Hornby Castle, a 14th century fortified manor house, was largely rebuilt in the 1760s by John Carr of York, who was responsible for the surviving south range and the east range (demolished in the 1930s) and outbuildings, for the 4th Earl of Holderness. The 4th Earl's daughter and heir, Amelia, Baroness Darcy and Baroness Conyers, married Francis Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen, later 5th Duke of Leeds. The couple divorced in 1779 and Amelia married Captain John 'Mad Jack' Byron, the father of Lord Byron. She died in 1784.
The 5th Duke of Leeds served as Foreign Secretary to William Pitt the Younger. His fine collection of 18th century furniture at Hornby, assembled from several houses, was illustrated in books by Percy Macquoid (1852-1925), the noted early 20th century English furniture historian.
Attributed to Thomas Chippendale, circa 1770
In two parts, the upper galleried two-tier shelves with spindles and fretwork to the back and sides, the upper shelf with pierced Vitruvian scroll front edge, the lower section with a secretaire drawer faced to simulate two long drawers and opening to a baize lined writing surface and an interior fitted with pierced valanced pigeonholes above a mahogany lined long and short drawers, all over two short over three long cockbeaded drawers, raised on bracket feet, on sunk three-way leather casters. Height 65 inches (1.65 m), width 25 inches (63.5 cm), depth 12 1/2 inches (31.8 cm).
The present bureau is almost identical to one formerly at Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, the seat of the Dukes of Leeds, illustrated by P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed., vol. I, p. 152, fig. 60.
These kinds of bureaux were designed for bedrooms, the lattice-work superstructure used for the display of porcelain. Macquoid and Edwards, ibid., p. 147, describe the superstructure of the Hornby example: 'the delicate wave pattern of the gallery is particularly effective, forming a clever contrast to the larger trellis of the back and sides', as is also found on the present lot, with a slightly different configuration to the trellis.
The attribution to Chippendale is based on several features: the overall fine quality of the timber and the finished workmanship of the piece, as well as constructional aspects. These include two characteristics found almost exclusively with Chippendale's oeuvre - the laminated construction of blocks behind the feet (mahogany blocks on the present bureau) as well as the distinctive red wash to the underside and backboards; see Rufus Bird, Who was the 'Dumfries House Cabinet-Maker'?, Christie's catalogue, Dumfries House, July 13, 2007, pp. 7-11, fig. 12. As with the Hornby example, the present bureau has a writing flap in the form of two drawers folding down to a surface and an interior fitted with pigeonholes and small drawers, with two short drawers above three long drawers.
A related example with a secretaire drawer at Aske Hall and made by Chippendale is missing its ' fine open Bookshelf on the top'; see Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, vol. II, p. 60 fig. 94.
Hornby Castle, a 14th century fortified manor house, was largely rebuilt in the 1760s by John Carr of York, who was responsible for the surviving south range and the east range (demolished in the 1930s) and outbuildings, for the 4th Earl of Holderness. The 4th Earl's daughter and heir, Amelia, Baroness Darcy and Baroness Conyers, married Francis Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen, later 5th Duke of Leeds. The couple divorced in 1779 and Amelia married Captain John 'Mad Jack' Byron, the father of Lord Byron. She died in 1784.
The 5th Duke of Leeds served as Foreign Secretary to William Pitt the Younger. His fine collection of 18th century furniture at Hornby, assembled from several houses, was illustrated in books by Percy Macquoid (1852-1925), the noted early 20th century English furniture historian.
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George III Mahogany Secretaire Chest of Drawers
Attributed to Thomas Chippendale, circa 1770
In two parts, the upper galleried two-tier shelves with spindles and fretwork to the back and sides, the upper shelf with pierced Vitruvian scroll front edge, the lower section with a secretaire drawer faced to simulate two long drawers and opening to a baize lined writing surface and an interior fitted with pierced valanced pigeonholes above a mahogany lined long and short drawers, all over two short over three long cockbeaded drawers, raised on bracket feet, on sunk three-way leather casters. Height 65 inches (1.65 m), width 25 inches (63.5 cm), depth 12 1/2 inches (31.8 cm).
The present bureau is almost identical to one formerly at Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, the seat of the Dukes of Leeds, illustrated by P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed., vol. I, p. 152, fig. 60.
These kinds of bureaux were designed for bedrooms, the lattice-work superstructure used for the display of porcelain. Macquoid and Edwards, ibid., p. 147, describe the superstructure of the Hornby example: 'the delicate wave pattern of the gallery is particularly effective, forming a clever contrast to the larger trellis of the back and sides', as is also found on the present lot, with a slightly different configuration to the trellis.
The attribution to Chippendale is based on several features: the overall fine quality of the timber and the finished workmanship of the piece, as well as constructional aspects. These include two characteristics found almost exclusively with Chippendale's oeuvre - the laminated construction of blocks behind the feet (mahogany blocks on the present bureau) as well as the distinctive red wash to the underside and backboards; see Rufus Bird, Who was the 'Dumfries House Cabinet-Maker'?, Christie's catalogue, Dumfries House, July 13, 2007, pp. 7-11, fig. 12. As with the Hornby example, the present bureau has a writing flap in the form of two drawers folding down to a surface and an interior fitted with pigeonholes and small drawers, with two short drawers above three long drawers.
A related example with a secretaire drawer at Aske Hall and made by Chippendale is missing its ' fine open Bookshelf on the top'; see Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, vol. II, p. 60 fig. 94.
Hornby Castle, a 14th century fortified manor house, was largely rebuilt in the 1760s by John Carr of York, who was responsible for the surviving south range and the east range (demolished in the 1930s) and outbuildings, for the 4th Earl of Holderness. The 4th Earl's daughter and heir, Amelia, Baroness Darcy and Baroness Conyers, married Francis Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen, later 5th Duke of Leeds. The couple divorced in 1779 and Amelia married Captain John 'Mad Jack' Byron, the father of Lord Byron. She died in 1784.
The 5th Duke of Leeds served as Foreign Secretary to William Pitt the Younger. His fine collection of 18th century furniture at Hornby, assembled from several houses, was illustrated in books by Percy Macquoid (1852-1925), the noted early 20th century English furniture historian.
Attributed to Thomas Chippendale, circa 1770
In two parts, the upper galleried two-tier shelves with spindles and fretwork to the back and sides, the upper shelf with pierced Vitruvian scroll front edge, the lower section with a secretaire drawer faced to simulate two long drawers and opening to a baize lined writing surface and an interior fitted with pierced valanced pigeonholes above a mahogany lined long and short drawers, all over two short over three long cockbeaded drawers, raised on bracket feet, on sunk three-way leather casters. Height 65 inches (1.65 m), width 25 inches (63.5 cm), depth 12 1/2 inches (31.8 cm).
The present bureau is almost identical to one formerly at Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, the seat of the Dukes of Leeds, illustrated by P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed., vol. I, p. 152, fig. 60.
These kinds of bureaux were designed for bedrooms, the lattice-work superstructure used for the display of porcelain. Macquoid and Edwards, ibid., p. 147, describe the superstructure of the Hornby example: 'the delicate wave pattern of the gallery is particularly effective, forming a clever contrast to the larger trellis of the back and sides', as is also found on the present lot, with a slightly different configuration to the trellis.
The attribution to Chippendale is based on several features: the overall fine quality of the timber and the finished workmanship of the piece, as well as constructional aspects. These include two characteristics found almost exclusively with Chippendale's oeuvre - the laminated construction of blocks behind the feet (mahogany blocks on the present bureau) as well as the distinctive red wash to the underside and backboards; see Rufus Bird, Who was the 'Dumfries House Cabinet-Maker'?, Christie's catalogue, Dumfries House, July 13, 2007, pp. 7-11, fig. 12. As with the Hornby example, the present bureau has a writing flap in the form of two drawers folding down to a surface and an interior fitted with pigeonholes and small drawers, with two short drawers above three long drawers.
A related example with a secretaire drawer at Aske Hall and made by Chippendale is missing its ' fine open Bookshelf on the top'; see Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, vol. II, p. 60 fig. 94.
Hornby Castle, a 14th century fortified manor house, was largely rebuilt in the 1760s by John Carr of York, who was responsible for the surviving south range and the east range (demolished in the 1930s) and outbuildings, for the 4th Earl of Holderness. The 4th Earl's daughter and heir, Amelia, Baroness Darcy and Baroness Conyers, married Francis Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen, later 5th Duke of Leeds. The couple divorced in 1779 and Amelia married Captain John 'Mad Jack' Byron, the father of Lord Byron. She died in 1784.
The 5th Duke of Leeds served as Foreign Secretary to William Pitt the Younger. His fine collection of 18th century furniture at Hornby, assembled from several houses, was illustrated in books by Percy Macquoid (1852-1925), the noted early 20th century English furniture historian.
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