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Lot 2252
A Victorian mahogany two-section centre-standing museum display cabinet on stand, with side opening glazed doors, bow-glass panels, two slides and raised on cabriole legs with applied carved decoration. Attributed to F.Sage & Co. of London. 108x167x70cm. Good condition for age. No visible maker's or retailer's stamps, attribution is due to the engraving on the latches. Circa 1880-1900, judging by fittings. No keys. Various marks, scratches, and signs of use. Split in pull-out slide. Base of top section may have been replaced.
Lot 2643
An antique mahogany two-section bookcase on cabinet, the base having a single frieze drawer and slide fitted interior. A/F. 101x178x63cm. Top and base are not original to each-other. All are damaged to some extent. Cornice shows damage and veneer loss. Evidence of historic worm. Repairs visible to hinges.
Lot 237
ORNATE KINGSIZE BED, AND OTHER ITEMS the bed with painted head and foot boards, along with a matching dressing table, large wall mirror and a pair of wall lightsSome damage around the edges and fading to gilt, splitting to the dressing table at the cabinet headboard is 143cm tall x 190cm wide footboard is 62cm tall x 190mirror is 169cm tall x 125cm widedressing table 61cm tall x 161cm wideWe are not able to confirm the bed is complete
Lot 40
ART DECO WALNUT CABINET, with two glazed doors127cm high. 133cm wideDamage to the glazing on the left cabinet door, crack from one side to the other, the same door also does not close properly due to damage on the latches, splitting to doors at joints, minor scratches and chips present to the woodwork
Lot 122
A Smythson leather and brass bound travel cabinetMonogramed 'RM'The pair of doors enclosing a fitted interior with five currency drawers flanked by three notebooks and a passport compartment above a larger travel documents drawer, the doors with card and passport holders respectively, the drawers containing a variety of bijouterie including eleven pairs of cufflinks, with one pair of silver and enamel cufflinks featuring an elephant by Deakin & Francis, shirt studs, pens, badges, and two 1986 $20 silver proof 1988 Olympic Winter Games commemorative coins, one featuring a cross-country skier to the reverse, the other featuring a freestyle skier in mid-air, 33cm wide, 20cm deep, 23.5cm high (12 1/2in wide, 7 1/2in deep, 9in high) (qty)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 228
A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR BY HOWARD & SONS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY Upholstered in calico with natural linen loose covers, indistinctly embroidered 'D.L', one back leg stamped '7681 6951 HOWARD & SONS LTD. BERNERS ST.', the brass casters stamped 'HOWARD & SONS LTD. LONDON' 84cm high, 80cm wide, 97cm deep Together with a cushion embroidered with country flowers in silk on a linen ground, the fabric early 19th century, 50cm x 50cm Howard & Sons are renowned for the comfort and design of their upholstered armchairs and sofas. Flourishing from 1820 to 1925, Howard & Sons were also one of the most successful Victorian cabinet making firms. Listed from 1876-1902 as 'cabinet makers, upholsterers, decorators, glaziers and parquet flooring manufacturers' it is not surprising that they undertook commissions for many of the great country houses, promoting the firm at twelve or more of the 19th British, European and American exhibitions including the 1851 Great Exhibition. Howard & Sons moved to Berners Street, London from 1847, the address frequently seen stamped on their furniture. The firm was bought by Lenygon & Morant in 1935, but Howard & Sons furniture continues to epitomise the 'Country House' comfort and style. Condition Report: THE ARMCHAIR:Overall there are some scratches, marks, knocks, cracks, abrasions and minor repairs consistent with age and use.There are some losses, restorations and observations including:The linen loose cover has some discolouration to the arms in particular and some marks elsewhere. There is a tear to the base of the left hand inner arm of the loose cover that is not visible when the seat cushion is in place.The armchair is upholstered in calico with some discolouration and creasing. The crest of the back is compressed.The mahogany legs scuffed and aged and one back leg (that has the stamp to the inner side) has been broken and repaired with dowels. The struts of all four casters are stamped.THE SILK EMBROIDERED CUSHIONOverall this has some marks, wear, repairs and holes from age and use.The fabric has been backed with a natural coloured linen that is visible on close inspection through the holes and tears - the darning and repairs are a work of art in themselves!Some later stitches to the embroidery and and some missing stitches.There is no zip or fastening to this cushion, the entry point for the cushion has been hand-stitched closed.Please see the additional photographs as a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 235
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY COCKPEN ARMCHAIR CIRCA 1760 The drop in seat upholstered with a Swat embroidered cloth the flowerheads within a floral trellis on a striped damask ground, North Pakistan, 19th century 94cm high, 66cm wide, 53cm deep This Chinoiserie inspired chair with Chinese lattice chair back and straight legs relates to designs for 'Chinese Chairs' featured in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, 1762, pl XXV and XXVII. The name 'Cockpen' seems to originate from Cockpen Church, Midlothian, where similar chairs were made as pews for the Earls of Dalhousie.For a related pair of chairs see Christie's, London, 31st October 2012, The English Collector, lot 250 Condition Report: Overall there are scratches, marks, knocks, cracks and abrasions consistent with age and use.There are some losses, restorations and observations including:Repairs include to the left hand corner of the chair back with visible cracks and repair with a corresponding brace to the back, cracks to the top right hand corner, to the front of the left arm.There is some evidence of old worm.The seat rail stamped 'V'.Two of the pierced brackets are later replacements.The left arm has some movement in the joints.The Swat embroidered fabric extensively worn so that it is threadbare, stained, the ground with some holes and tears, with some repair stitching.Please see the additional condition report photographs as a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 243
AN REGENCY BROWN OAK, BURR OAK, EBONY AND LABURNUM CENTRE TABLE ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE BULLOCK, CIRCA 1815 The cedar lined drawer with ebonised divisions, the lock stamped 'GR' under a crown and 'PATENT', on turned laburnum legs 68.5cm high, 63.5cm wide, 48.5cm deep Provenance: With James Graham-Stewart, from whom purchased by Robert Kime 29th June 2019. Literature: A. Coleridge, 'The work of Bullock cabinet maker in Scotland', Connoisseur, 1965, vol. CLVIII, pp. 249-252; vol. CLIX, pp. 13-17. E.T. Joy, 'A Modernist of the Regency: George Bullock, Cabinet-maker - I, Country Life, 22 August 1968, pp. 456-457; 'A Source of Victorian Romanticism: George Bullock, Cabinet-maker - II', Country Life, 29 August 1968, pp. 507-508. C. Wainwright, 'Walter Scott and the furnishing of Abbotsford', Connoisseur, 1977, pp. 3-15. C. Wainwright et al, George Bullock Cabinet-Maker, London, 1988. M. Levy, 'George Bullock's partnership with Charles Fraser, 1813-1818, and the stock-in-trade sale, 1819', Furniture History, 1989, pp. 145-213. This table is attributed to the cabinet-maker, sculptor and designer, George Bullock (d. 1818) based on two designs for marquetry borders that form part of the Tracings by Thomas Wilkinson from the designs of the late Mr. George Bullock 1820 found on the table top and frieze (Birmingham Museums Trust 1974M3.124 and 1974M3.150). Evidence from Bullock's stock-in-trade sale, Christie's, 3-5 May 1819, and on documented furniture 'suggests that the most frequently used borders and friezes used by Bullock were kept in stock and applied to appropriate pieces as required' (Levy, 1989, p. 152). A similar band of inlay but in brass (to that of the table top border) can also be seen on a pair of larchwood cabinets made by Bullock for Blair Castle (Coleridge, 1965, vol. CLVIII, nos. 4 and 5).The form of this table can be compared to an oak, ebony and satinwood games table illustrated in Wainwright, 1988, p. 110, fig. 47, which in turn relates to a bog oak and marble-top table supplied by Bullock for the Duke of Atholl (Coleridge, 1965, vol. CLVIII, no. 3). A related 'Elizabethan' style centre table following a design attributed to William Atkinson and probably made by George Bullock was supplied to the 3rd Earl of Mansfield at Scone Palace circa 1815 (sold Christie's, London, 'Scone Palace and Blairquhan: The Selected Contents of Two Great Scottish Houses', 24 May 2007, lot 414). An example of the striking contrast of light and dark timbers as found on this table is also found on a games table attributed to Bullock, sold Christie's, New York, 23 October 2018, lot 270. Condition Report: Overall there are some scratches, marks, knocks and abrasions consistent with age and use.Observations include:The top has a few slightly distinct scratches, some knocks to the front right corner and a barely discernible slight indentation along an underlying carcass construction joint, some slight raised veneer - all that said, these observations are only apparent on close inspection.There are some vertical veneer cracks to the corners of the frieze over carcass construction joints.There is one key that operates the lock.Two legs have cracks along the grain of the timber.There are cracks to one drawer runner so that part of it is loose.Please see the additional condition report photographs as a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 260
Y AN INDIAN HARDWOOD AND IVORY INLAID CABINET GUJERAT OR SINDH, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY The doors enclosing nine drawers, the inlay to five sides, on a walnut notch carved stand in the Cotswold School taste The cabinet 25cm high, 38cm wide, 29cm deep; the stand 75cm high, 38.5cm wide, 30.5cm deep Provenance:Purchased by George Byng Esq MP (1764-1847) and by descent until sold, Christie's, London, Two Late Regency Collectors: Philip John Miles and George Byng, 9th June 2005, lot 173 where purchased by Robert Kime. Literature: 5 St James's Square, 1847 Inventory: 'BACK DRAWING ROOM a small India Cabinet enclosed by 2 doors and drawers inside.' Cabinets of this general type, inlaid with flowers in ivory onto a hardwood ground were made in north western India, in the provinces of Gujarat or Sindh, from the late 16th century. A similar cabinet is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, but with a fall front. The use of doors in this example may denote a European commission, reflecting as it does the more usual use of doors on a cabinet (see: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115588/cabinet-unknown/ and A. Jaffer, Luxury Goods from India..., London, 2002, no. 25). The cabinet was bought by George Byng, whose collecting reflected high fashions of the 1820s -1840s, in company with great collectors such as George Watson Taylor, William Beckford and the king, George IV. Byng's manuscript 'List of Furniture, Porcelain, Paintings &C. purchased by George Byng for Wrotham Park, 1816-43', testifies to his avariciousness for superb objects, paintings and furniture. He lived at Wrotham Park, begun by his great-uncle, the unfortunate naval officer executed following the loss of Menorca in 1757, completed by his father George Byng (d. 1789) and extended by his son, the collector, George Byng MP (d. 1847). Saleroom notice:This lot contains elephant ivory and is therefore subject to both CITES regulations and the UK Ivory Act 2018. Goods containing African elephant ivory cannot be imported to the USA, while other countries have in place wide-ranging restrictions on exporting and importing property containing elephant ivory. Prospective buyers are advised to familiarise themselves with the export and import restrictions prior to bidding. We will not be able to cancel your purchase if your lot may not be exported, imported or it is seized for any reason by a government authority. Dreweatts have applied for a de minimis exemption licence for the ivory in this lot (Ref: KCT1C37J) Condition Report: Correction to the original catalogue description - there are seven interior drawers, not nine as stated in the catalogue description, as the top drawer is inlaid to simulate three drawers but is in fact one long drawer.Overall there are some scratches, marks, knocks, cracks and abrasions consistent with age and use.There are some losses, restorations and observations including:The ivory has a light applied staining.Overall there are wood and ivory veneers that are missing.There are some areas, including the lower border of the back that are painted instead of inlaid - this is probably a repaired section, and there are other small areas of repair including some filler.The gilt metal escutcheons and hinges have good engraved detail, as do the ivory flowers which are finely engraved to the front, sides and the interior, though not to the back.The base is missing a section of the border.A notch to the edge of one door and a later lock to the other door, there is no key.There is some evidence of worm.Some drawers are missing handles.There is some later black paint around the edge of the interior.The stand shows few signs of wear.Please see the additional condition report photographs as a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 280
A LATE VICTORIAN WALNUT AND RED LEATHER ARMCHAIR BY HOWARD & SONS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY The brass casters stamped 'HOWARD & SONS LTD LONDON', one back leg impressed ''71?7 8996 HOWARD & SONS LTD BERNERS ST.' 85cm high, 86cm wide, 110cm deep Together with a Sindh embroidered cushion in madder and apple green silk with geometric designs in diagonal bands, a tassel to each corner, 56cm x 40cm Howard & Sons are renowned for the comfort and design of their upholstered armchairs and sofas. Flourishing from 1820 to 1925, Howard & Sons were also one of the most successful Victorian cabinet making firms. Listed from 1876-1902 as 'cabinet makers, upholsterers, decorators, glaziers and parquet flooring manufacturers' it is not surprising that they made commissions for many of the great country houses. Founded by John Howard in 1820, the firm attended twelve or more of the 19th British, European and American exhibitions including the 1851 Great Exhibition. Howard & Sons moved to Berners Street, London from 1847 - this address is frequently seen stamped on their furniture. The firm was bought by Lenygon & Morant in 1935, but Howard & Sons furniture continues to epitomise the comfort and style of the country house. Condition Report: THE ARMCHAIR:The red leather extensively worn with some tears, though largely intact. The leather piping is worn through in some areas. The red leather finish has worn with age and use revealing the underlying natural hide. There is colour variation throughout including blackening towards the top of the back. The colour variation seems to be largely from usage rather than sun fading, though the back is stongest red in colour with little scuffing and there is a tear to the leather. The front corners with probably the most wear.The seat cushion backed with black cloth fabric.When the seat cushion is removed a beech back rail can be seen that looks quite fresh, with modern webbing and from what can be seen from limited view there don't appear to be other upholstery tack holes - this suggests that the upholstery is not original, whilst the leather might be of age, and that this armchair has been restored possibly some years ago.There is some compacting of the upholstery to the top of the back and the arm.There is some rusting to the leather covered close nailing, that has spread to the surrounding leather.The hessian undercloth showing the dimples of the interior springs.THE SINDH CUSHION:The geometric embroidery with some pulled and worn threads, but generally the colour and condition shows few signs of wear and age. The back is a red linen and the corner tassels are later.Please see the additional condition report photographs as a visual reference of condition.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 310
A CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR 18TH CENTURY AND LATER The architectural pediment and frame carved with a pierced shell, foliate scrolls and a trellis ground, the bevelled plate re-silvered and possibly original, the gilding revealing a yellow and red bole ground 274cm high, 142cm wide, 20cm deepProvenance:Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (1883-1950), Faringdon House, Oxfordshire; and by descent from Lord Berners's companion Robert Heber-Percy toSofka Zinovieff (b. 1961), by whom sold; Christie's, London, 12 April 2018, lot 50, where described as George IV, with a subsequent saleroom notice analysing the two layers of gilding strataWith Jamb, London, (who undertook the removal of the late 19th century gilding by dry-stripping to reveal the 18th century gilding), where purchased by Robert Kime, 2022. It is difficult to attribute the mirror to a particular carver / gilder, though it is likely that the maker was London-based, and probably well-established as the scale, complexity and quality suggests that it was probably part of a major commission for a large house from an established maker. The British and Irish Furniture Makers Online lists ten carvers and gilders active in London in the second quarter of the 18th century, any of whom may be candidates for the manufacture of this mirror: of the group, perhaps the most likely is William Walters or Waters (fl. 1732-42), who supplied giltwood furniture and mirrors for Benjamin Mildmay, Earl Fitzwalter at Moulsham Hall, Essex, for Charles Wyndham at Petworth House, and for the Earl of Leicester's London house; also to be considered is Henry Joris (fl. 1739), who worked with Paul Petit on the magnificent frame for Frederick the Great of Prussia; the other makers' reputations are less prominent, although Robert Johnson (fl. 1737-49) who was recorded at the Golden Head, Frith St, St Ann's, made frames for Petworth House; Charles Groves, fl. 1750, 'at the Golden Head, the further End of Brownlow Street from Drury Lane'; Robert Pulsford (fl. 1749), of Knightsbridge; Thomas King, carver and gilder of Long Acre (his stock-in-trade sold in October 1742); Christopher Mason, carver and gilder of Charles Court (fl. 1749); Stephen Maren, carver and gilder of New Compton St, Soho (fl. 1749); Christopher Hammond, frame maker and gilder of Phoenix Court, Long Acre (fl. 1732); Godwin Prince, who advertised 'all sorts of cabinet & Upholsterers work in General, Likewise Carving & Gilding ... near Durham Yard, in the Strand' (fl. c. 1749) (British Museum, Heal 28.181).The rectangular 'tabernacle' design of mirror frame is derived from designs of the 1720s by the architect James Gibbs (1682-1754). These depend on overmantel designs by Inigo Jones which were published in Isaac Ware's Some Designs of Mr Inigo Jones and others (1731) - notably pl.31. Ware's book was highly influential in the development of English architecture and interiors in the 18th century. It brought together a collection of designs by two of the most important architects of the 17th and 18th centuries: Inigo Jones and William Kent. Jones was a leading figure in the introduction of Italian Renaissance architecture to England, while Kent was a leading exponent of the Palladian style, as promoted by his patron, the influential Italophile Lord Burlington: many of the books' designs were taken from interior schemes devised by Kent at Burlington House.FOR THE FULL DESCRIPTON AND PROVENANCE, PLEASE CLICK HERE.SALEROOM NOTICE:The catalogue entry is now 'A CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER' Condition Report:Overall there are scratches, marks, knocks, cracks and abrasions consistent with age and use.There are some losses, restorations and observations including:Holes to the back from previous wall fixings and some other vacant holes, with later modern hooks.The mirror plate is later and is backed with paper.There are some repairs including a later strut support to the back of the crest.There is evidence of old worm. There are some chips and knocks, for example to the tips of leaves, some with restoration.The overall patina has vestiges of the stripped gilding, bole, gesso and underlying wood.The not inconsiderable process of dry stripping means that some old repairs have restricted the extent of removal of the gesso so that the level of carved detail revealed has slight variances (for example the left side of the architectural pediment, compared to the right side). Some inaccessible areas of carving retain a little more gilding than other more accessible areas.The upper ledge is later ebonised with vacant holes and marks to the centre suggesting that there was previously a carved element corresponding to the carving directly below this area.As per the provenance note, the surface was dry stripped of gilding circa 2018-2021. Please see the condition report additional images for the document of analysis dated April 2021.Please see the additional condition report photographs as a visual reference of condition.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 311
A GREEN PAINTED AND PARCEL GILT MAHOGANY FOUR POSTER BED THE TWO FRONT POSTS POSSIBLY BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, THE CORNICE SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY The antique printed cotton pelmet, hangings, back and valence lined with 'Devon' printed cotton lining cloth by Robert Kime Ltd, the canopy interior and hangings with white embroidered voile, with Turkish tasselled fringe tiebacks, the box base covered with woven striped linen fabric, together with a pair of brass 'Paris' lights by Robert Kime Ltd fitted to the back bedposts, and a white cotton bed cover woven with leaves, flowerheads and with a crocheted border, and a pair of late 19th/early 20th century woven striped silk cushions 260cm high, 198cm wide, 225cm deep Provenance: Supplied to Sir Rowland Winn, 4th Bt (1706-1765) or his son, Sir Rowland Winn 5th Bt (1739-1785), Nostell Priory, Yorkshire and by descent at Nostell, until sold Christie's, London, 22nd January 2009, lot 107, where purchased by Robert Kime.This bed has reeded, antique-fluted and plinth-supported mahogany pillars (now japanned) that are by repute designed by Thomas Chippendale (d. 1779) to harmonise with the George III 'Roman' fashion introduced at Nostell Priory, Yorkshire by the court architect Robert Adam (d. 1792). His related engraved pattern of 1759 featured in Chippendales third edition of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1762 (pl. 90). In the 2009 sale the bed was sold with a cornice featuring a handwritten label '4 POST CHIPPENDALE BED (HEIRLOOM) GREEN ROOM F', and a box spring base with label inscribed 'NOSTELL PRIORY WAKEFIELD 20/11/80'. Both were removed by Robert Kime during the restoration and remodelling of the bed.Chippendale supplied another bed japanned in green and gold for Sir Rowland Winn, 5th Bt. (d. 1785) for Nostell Priory, Yorkshire in 1771 and invoiced on 6 May 1771 as 'To A Dome Bedstead with Rich Carv'd Cornices, feet Posts and Sundry other ornaments, Japan'd Green & Gold with shap'd Rail &c on Castors £54.10' (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, I, p. 191 & II, p. 28). Another bed was supplied by Chippendale that year for £3.6 (loc. cit.) and a pair of 'fluted bedposts 8ft' was listed in 'A List of Furniture for different Apartments', delivered before August 1767 (ibid., p. 181). Condition Report: Overall there are some scratches, marks, knocks, cracks, abrasions and minor repairs consistent with age and use.There are some losses, restorations and observations including: There are later elements including to the top of the cornice and the back of the headboard; some fabric including the printed cotton and striped base fabric has some fading; the printed fabric with some water marks and other aged discolouration; the white marcella type woven cotton fabric covering the headboard with some marks; the back bedposts drilled to hold the reading lights; the stripe woven silk cushions with some water marks and wear including to the corners; some discolouration to the ticking mattress; the voile pelmet of some age, the voile curtains to the back bedposts by Robert Kime Ltd. The green and parcel gilt paint later applied and refreshed in some areas; scratches and flaking of the paint reveals the underlying dark wood, probably mahogany. There are some holes to the top of the fluted bed posts from previous canopy fittings.Please see the additional photographs as a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 72
A WILLIAM & MARY OAK GLAZED 'PEPYS' BOOKCASE OR CABINET LATE 17TH CENTURY The interior with adjustable shelves 213cm high, 107.5cm wide, 40cm deep Literature: O.F. Morshead, 'The Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge: Magdalene College, Cambridge. II - The Pepys Library', Country Life, 3 March 1928, pp. 300-308. A. Oswald, 'Ludstone Hall, Shropshire - III: The home of Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Rollason', Country Life, 25 January 1952, pp. 222-225. K-M Walton, 'An Inventory of 1710 from Dyrham Park', Furniture History, 1986, pp. 25-80. K. Loveman, 'Books and Sociability: the case of Samuel Pepys's Library', The Review of English Studies, April 2010, pp. 214-233. This bookcase or cabinet is part of a select group of late 17th century tall glaze-fronted case-furniture, the most important of which is twelve, carved and stained oak bookcases (book-presses) with glass panes, supplied in August 1666 by the London joiner, Thomas Sympson (Simpson, fl. 1662-92), to the celebrated diarist and naval administrator, Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), for his house at York Buildings, Buckingham Street, London (BIFMO). On 23 July 1666, Pepys first records the engagement of Sympson the 'joyner' in his diary: 'Up and to my chamber doing several things there of moment, and then comes Sympson the joyner; and he and I with great pains contriving presses to put my books up in, they now growing numerous and lying one upon another upon my chairs' (Morshead, p. 302). The design, with its architectural features, is geometrically based and the glazing was inspired by the sash window which was introduced in England and Holland around this time. Pepys later bequeathed the bookcases and his important collection of 3,000 books to the library of Magdalene college, Cambridge. The library building was begun in about 1640 but not completed until the end of the century. Funds were raised through subscription with Pepys contributing £60, and other subscribers included the Masters of six of the Cambridge colleges including the mathematician, physicist and astronomer, Sir Isaac Newton FRS (1643-1727). The Pepys bookcases are still in situ; eight line the walls of the library, and four stand back-to-back in the centre of the room. Another pair of related carved oak bookcases was made for the library at Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire, commissioned by William Blathwayt (1649-1717), and described in the 1710 house inventory as: '2 Glass Presses wth Books' (BIFMO). Blathwayt was a friend and colleague of Pepys, as was his uncle, Thomas Povey, whose closet Pepys had admired in the 1660s. Blathwayt probably paid visits to York Buildings and subsequently had glazed bookcases similar to Pepys' made, possibly also by Sympson (Loveman, p. 222). Another possible maker of the Dyrham Park bookcases might be the London joiner, Thomas Hunter of the Angel, Piccadilly, who supplied much of the fine interior woodwork at Dyrham. One of the Dyrham bookcases survives in the Great Hall at Dyrham and its pair is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (NT 452939; Walton, p. 42; W.12:1 to 11-1927). A further carved oak bookcase, formerly at Cuckfield Park, Sussex, was illustrated in Country Life in 1931 (21 November 1931). Charles Sergison purchased Cuckfield Park in 1691. He knew Pepys and his younger brother John through his service to the crown as a dockyard clerk in 1671, and four years later, as clerk to the Clerk of the Acts, whose office was then held jointly by Thomas Hayles and John Pepys (ibid.). Other examples include one formerly at Kingston Lisle, Berkshire (later at Ludstone Hall, Shropshire), photographed by Country Life in 1952 (Oswald, p. 225, fig. 10); and another by repute at Penshurst Place, Kent (ibid., p. 224). While the bookcase offered here is plainer than the preceding examples, it too has been applied with a timber stain presumably to make the oak resemble what was then more expensive walnut or mahogany. Please note: the contents of the cabinet are not included in the sale of this lot Condition Report: Overall with marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useThere are some quirks in the construction, this may be a sign of adaption or may be a quirk by the cabinet maker - the lateral bars to the doors have visible ends poking through the uprights, these have been cut to create the over-lap to the doors.The glazing has later putty and filler to secure, one glass panel with old crack and split throughThe shelves are certainly laterThe feet probably of the period but with repaired lower sections (the original bases probably lost due to rot),Another quirk is that there are scored lines to the left side roughly where the shelves align, the right side with old vacant nail holes - the purpose of these is unknown.The cornice is almost certainly later overall, there are later blocks to secure it to the top of the cabinet, there are various tacks and nails holding this in all place - the colour is quite dark in this area and appears to have been coloured to match the remaining cabinet (which as the footnote states is probably deliberate)Please see additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 168
A Teak 1960s/70s G Plan dining room suit, rounded Rectangular pull-out extending dining table, integral fold-out leaf, 158cm long, (112cm closed) 112cm wide, four three bar back chairs, drinks cabinet sideboard with cupboard and fall doors above pair of cupboard doors and three drawers, tapering legs, 145cm high, 160cm wide, 46cm deep (6)
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