Y A REGENCY GONCALO ALVES AND PARCEL GILT SIDE CABINETIN THE MANNER OF HENRY HOLLAND, CIRCA 1800ALMOST CERTAINLY BY MARSH & TATHAMapproximately 84cm high, 204cm wide, 53cm deepThis fine bookcase is characteristic of the work of Henry Holland, architect to the Prince of Wales, later George IV, having particularly marked affinities with a pair of chiffoniers in the Whitbread collection at Southill Park, Bedfordshire. These were originally supplied under Holland's direction to the great 18th century brewer Samuel Whitbread, circa 1796-1800, illustrated in M. Jourdain and R. Edwards, Regency Furniture 1795-1830, rev. ed., 1965, p. 17, fig. 5 and F. Watson, Southill: A Regency House,1951, fig. 36.Henry Holland was the Prince Regent's architect from the late 1780s, and worked at both the Brighton Pavilion and Carlton House. He was an authority on contemporary French design and decoration, an influence which he employed with great success in the interiors of Carlton House, integrating colours and styles to form complete interiors such as the Flesh Coloured Room or Rose Satin Drawing Room.In association with the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre, Holland purchased French Neoclassical furniture for the Prince Regent by makers such as Weisweiler, Jacob and Hervé, and it is from these sources, rather than his British contemporaries, that Holland's own furniture designs derive. Comparable furniture from Southhill, Bedfordshire, Holland's most complete surviving interior, is illustrated in Frances Collard, Regency Furniture, 1985, pp. 38-43.Holland employed most of the major cabinet-making firms of the day in one or another of his projects - notably Morel, Marsh, Tatham, Mayhew and Ince, and Bailey and Saunders - and exerted considerable influence on a whole generation of British designers. Thomas Sheraton's pattern book The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book,1793 includes two illustrations of the Chinese Drawing Room at Carlton House. Related cabinets attributed to Holland were sold, Sotheby's New York, The Arthingworth Collection, Dec 12th 1996 lot 230 ($65,000) and another, Sotheby's New York 18th October 2014, The Kentshire Collection, Lot 87 ($81,250). Please note, in the printed catalogue, the attribution, estimate and footnote for this lot has been transposed with that of lot 231. The full description, estimate and measurement should read as listed online. Condition Report: Please note: In the printed catalogue, the attribution, estimate and footnote for this lot has been transposed with that of lot 231Please note: The size of this lot should read: 84cm high, 204cm wide, 53cm deep and not as originally printed in the catalogue The full description and estimate should read as listed online. There are scuffs, knocks, cracks and scratches consistent with age and use. There are losses, restorations and observations including: Cleaned finish with some use of filler; some pitted marks to the top, chips and replacement veneers; there is some evidence of worm; veneer splits to the sides; one door with a circular patch above the keyhole; The gilding later with some cracks and rubbing. The back of panelled construction. The drawer linings are cedar, pleasingly high quality. The handles and locks appear to be original, the two keys are later replacements. The raw silk to the doors is a later replacement. Please see the additional photographs as a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
