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Lot 3412
A 19th century musical embossed leather photograph album, The Seaside Album by J.C.M. Co. Ltd, London, the back enclosing a one-cylinder musical 'box' movement numbered R A30253, the card pages printed with chromolithographic coastal vignettes, some cabinet card portraits of Victorian army officers and ladies (4), brass wishbone-shaped clasp, gilded block, 4to
Lot 77
A Japanese black lacquer pillar table cabinet, slightly oversailing top above sliding covers recto and verso, blind sides, decorated in hiramakie with sinuous lines, each face pierced with foliate motifs and scrolls, swan neck carrying handle, bracket feet, 26cm high, 18cm wide, Meiji period; A Japanese Meiji period lacquer tea caddy (2)
Lot 147
Ω A Continental walnut, rosewood, tortoiseshell and ivory cabinet on stand, late 17th/ early 18th century, Dutch or Flemish, gilt metal mounted throughout, the gallery with pierced brass inset panels and floral finials, the six drawers beneath decorated with geometric stringing and incised ivory marquetry panels depicting animals and buildings, with tortoiseshell backgrounds, the central door opening to four small drawers and profusely decorated with metal mounts and flanked by tortoiseshell veneered pilasters, on ebonised spherical and gilt metal claw feet, the conforming stand with three false drawer fronts, the incised ivory depicting people and animals, on turned and ebonised legs and stretchers and on turned feet, the cabinet 77cm high, 114cm wide, 40cm deep, the stand 97cm high, 120cm wide, 46cm deep Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 149
A William III walnut and crossbanded cabinet, the cabinet circa 1695, the stand late 19th/ early 20th century, the moulded cornice and cushion drawer above a pair of doors opening to an arrangement of eleven drawers centred by a small cupboard opening to three further drawers, the stand on turned tapering legs joined by an X shaped stretcher, 150cm high, 102cm wide, 51cm deep
Lot 179
A George III satinwood and kingwood crossbanded collector's cabinet on stand, circa 1790, the crossbanded top with moulded edge above a pair of oval banded doors opening to an arrangement of eight drawers, the top two drawers with shallow divisions, five further drawers with drop-in trays, the stand with a crossbanded frieze and square section tapering legs terminating in spade feet, 102cm high, 52cm wide, 39cm deep
Lot 198
A black lacquer and gilt japanned cabinet on stand, mid 18th century, the cabinet decorated throughout with floral foliage and figures in traditional dress, the hinged top opening to a recess, the moulded edge above a pair of panelled doors opening to an arrangement of drawers centred by a small cupboard, the carved and silvered wood stand, in Charles II style, incorporating pierced foliate carved friezes , centred at the front by a putto, and on scroll carved cabriole shaped legs terminating in scroll feet, 131cm high, 85cm wide, 49 cm deep
Lot 214
A George III mahogany and patinated metal mounted oval wine cooler, circa 1775, with gadroon carved rim and outset terminals hung with laurel cast patinated metal mounts above patera motifs, above square section fluted tapering legs terminating in brass caps and casters, 54cm high, 71cm wide, 54cm deep The decorative motifs used in the design of this wine cooler, including the use of husks, fluting and the type of patera are all characteristic features used by the well known cabinet makers Mayhew and Ince. A wine cooler of very closely related design but white painted and with ormolu mounts throughout, was offered by Ronald Phillips . The mounts on the example at Ronald Phillips were said to be attributable to Diedrich Anderson who supplied high quality mounts to Mayhew and Ince. The mounts used for the current example being offered are not gilded but are cast with the same motifs and to very similar proportions. Please note revised estimates are £2000 - £3000
Lot 229
A George III mahogany breakfront library bookcase , circa 1780, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the moulded cornice centred by a carved twin scroll pediment, above six astragal glazed doors opening to adjustable shelves, the lower section with six panelled cupboard doors opening to a shelved interior, on a moulded plinth base, 278cm high, 380cm wide, 65cm deep Provenance: Property from the Estates of J W T & S M F Tapp, Southborough House, Surbiton Purchased from R.A Lee, (circa 1980's) Comparative Literature: Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, 2 vols. Anthony Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, 1968 The present lot closely relates in design and scale to a pair of impressive bookcases, supplied by Thomas Chippendale to Sir Lawrence Dundas (1712-1781) for his library at 19 Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London (sold Christie's London, 18 June 2008, lot 6 £2,057,250) and for his country seat in Yorkshire Aske Hall in 1764. The Arlington and Aske bookcases which were invoiced at £80 and £73 respectively were the most expensive items of furniture on Chippendale's invoice to Sir Lawrence Dundas. The offered bookcase is a simplified version of the Dundas examples, lacking the carved elements to the pilasters and cupboard lower section doors. Its design incorporates an amalgamation of features, reproduced in Chippendale s patterns for a `Library Bookcase , illustrated in his Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker s Director, 1st and 3rd eds., 1754 and 1762, respectively plates 69 and 93. In particular these are the dentilled cornice and glazing-bar configuration. The scrolled and voluted pediment is also reproduced on Chippendale's pattern for 'A Desk & Bookcase' illustrated in the 1st edition of the Director, pl. 78 and again in the 3rd edition, pl. 108. Actual examples of case furniture supplied by Chippendale featuring versions of the same distinctive pediment include a secretaire library bookcase supplied for Pembroke House and now at Wilton House illustrated C. Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, 2 vols., vol. II, p. 42, pl. 66; another library bookcase forming part of the same commission and also now at Wilton (see C. Gilbert op. cit., p. 44, pl. 68; a secretaire bookcase at Aske Hall (see C. Gilbert op. cit., p. 56, pl. 87) and a Lady's secretaire supplied to Sir Roland Winn Bt. for Nostell Priory (see C. Gilbert op. cit., p. 58, pl. 90).
Lot 257
A George III mahogany display cabinet on stand, circa 1780, the upper section with arched centre and astragal glazed door flanked by a pair of glazed doors and sides, the breakfront stand decorated with blind fretwork terminals above square section tapering legs and square section feet, 191cm high, 122cm wide, 54cm deep
Lot 281
Ω A Regency rosewood and brass inlaid side cabinet, circa 1815, in the manner of John Mclean, the rectangular porphyry top with outset front corners, above a pair of frieze drawers divided by a gilt metal mount depicting a male mask, above a pair of panelled cupboard doors centred by pierced metal mounts depicting scrolling foliate motifs, the doors also framed by inlaid brass bands engraved with patera motifs flanked by foliage, the shaped outset corners with female mask mounts, on carved giltwood lion paw feet, 94cm high, 120cm wide, 52cm deep For a related cabinet see Bonhams, lot 208, 6th March 2013, sold for £49,250 including premium. Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 295
A Regency fiddleback mahogany and gilt metal mounted secretaire cabinet, circa 1815, in the manner of George Bullock, the central section with a pair of glass panelled doors opening to shelves, flanked on each side by a cupboard door with inset gilt metal grille panel and flanked by pilasters, the lower section with a central fall front drawer opening to a tooled leather inset, small drawers and pigeon holes, flanked by two further drawers and above four cupboard doors, on turned feet, 200cm high, 155cm wide, 58cm deep For a cabinet demonstrating a closely related overall design and several similar specific design features, see Sotheby s Important English and European Decorative Arts, New York, Lot 339 (22,500 usd) A related design for a cabinet which shares a very similar form of pediment and brass grille panels is published in Richard Brown's The Rudiments of Drawing Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture, 1822, pl. XVIII. Brown appears to have copied an unpublished design of George Bullock, who supplied a pair of bookcases of this form for New Longwood, the residence-in-exile of Napoleon, circa 1815.
Lot 301
Ω A Regency rosewood and satinwood banded library table, circa 1815, attributed to Gillows, the rectangular top with a shallow frieze and inverted corners, above twin trestle uprights decorated with crossbanding and on downswept sabre legs terminating in lappet cast gilt metal caps and casters, 75cm high, 110cm wide, 60cm deepProvenance: Rockbeare Manor, Exeter, DevonThis table can be attributed to Gillows of London and Lancaster who made particular use of the downswept end-supports on many of their tables. A related calamander-banded writing-table by Gillows, has similar ends filled with spindles and relates to a sketch dated 1818 in their Estimate Sketch Books, number 2079 (G. Wills, Craftsmen and Cabinet-Makers of Classic English Furniture, Edinburgh, 1974, pp. 117-118, figs. 108-109). A closely related calamander sofa table attributed to Gillows, from Castle Hyde, Fermoy, Co. Cork, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 8 July 1993, lot 99. The distinctive oak leaf cast castors are a design know to have been used by Gillows. Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 342
Ω A Victorian rosewood triple section clothes press , by J. Kendell & Co., circa 1840, the central pair of panelled doors opening to four sliding trays, above two short and two long cedar lined drawers, flanked by turned pilasters, each cupboard to the side opening to hanging space, on a plinth base, bearing the makers paper label to the reverse with indistinct number and workmans name, 190cm high, 250cm wide, 60cm deep J Kendell & Co were cabinet makers from Leeds, Yorkshire and who s craftsmanship is seen to be on a par with that of Gillows. The firm was established between 1783 to 1840 and is listed in the G.Beard & C.Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, as an important Leeds maker. J Kendell & Co was eventually taken over by the well known firm of Marsh and Jones, later to be called by their better known name Marsh, Jones and Cribb. From the 1830 s J Kendall & Co adopted the policy of labeling furniture The craftsmanship of these pieces of furniture can be superb with very fine timbers used indeed. They did use simple woods like oak and mahogany but some of the best examples were in rosewood. Provenance: Private collection from a Country House, Surrey Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 360
A Victorian satinwood and painted cabinet, circa 1870, painted throughout with floral motifs in the neoclassical taste, the dome top above a glazed door and flanking cupboard doors, above a pair of drawers and a pair of cupboard doors, opening to a shelved interior, 128cm high, 68cm wide, 35cm deep
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