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Lot 2115
JAMES ANTHONY WILLS, USA 1912 OIL ON MASONITE 37" X 29" PORTRAITOil portrait on masonite depicting lady in green outfit. Signed lower right: J. Anthony Wills. Wills was famous for his portraits of cabinet members including George C. Marshall, Secretary of Defense, C. E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense, and Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State. His greater works are his long list of Presidential Portraits. He has painted Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Richard Nixon. Along the stairway to the East Room hang the portraits of 20th century Presidents. Good condition. Image size: 37" x 29". Framed size: 46" x 39". As viewed under UV light in the unopened frame: UV clean; frame slightly chipped and has a stained liner. - For High Resolution Photos visit Dumouchelles website.
Lot 2255
VICTORIAN PAPIER MACHE WORK CABINET ON STAND, probably by John Joseph Mechi, the hinged cover with silk lined interior above a pair of panelled doors enclosing two fitted drawers and a further drawer enclosing a removable rosewood writing slope, the ink and vesta boxes gilt stamped MECHI, 4 LEADENHALL ST, a barleytwist column and quatripartite base with scrolling legs and ceramic castors, the whole with gilt scrolling framed painted scenes of peacocks and other birds in neo-classical gardens, the cupboard doors painted with parrots with flowers and fruit, height 98cm, width 44cm, depth 36cm Provenance: Listed in the Inventory of Mrs R Miller's property at p46 of "Articles of Furniture and Ornament bought for 44 Montague Square, London W1" as purchased from I Staal, 138 Brompton Road, SW3 in April 1951 for £95. It is described there as "A Painted Victorian Work Cabinet of papier-mache, circa 1850". Sold by Mrs R Miller (then of Periteau House, Winchelsea, Sussex) to Bragge and Sons, Rye, circa 1975. *The catalogue for the Great Exhibition 1851 illustrates a comparable work table by MECHI, page 739.
Lot 2254
REGENCY POLLARD OAK BOOKCASE CABINET, early 19th century, in the manner of George Bullock, the low arching pediment above a pair of astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelving, the base with a pair of panelled cupboard doors enclosing five graduated long drawers with turned pulls, on bracket feet and plinth base, the whole with ebony line inlay, height 191cm, width 87cm, depth 40.5cm Footnote: Christies, Great Tew, 27-29 May 1987, lot 284 for an oak and holly cabinet with a similar arrangement of drawers behind doors and a very similar shaped base. George Bullock made a pair of bookcase cabinets for Napoleon Bonaparte's house on St Helena with a similar arrangement of bookcase and cabinet enclosing drawers. *cf: M. Levy, George Bullock, Cabinet Maker, 1988, p. 106 - 7
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