Lot 444
A late George III mahogany veneered, satinwood and tulipwood crossbanded side cabinet
Auction: 3 November 2007 at 10:00 GMT
Description
of breakfront outline, the faux marble painted top with pierced brass gallery above open shelves bounded by quadrant shelves around three short till drawers with ivory handles above a white marble shelf enclosing a pair of line inlaid frieze drawers with brass ring handles between turned tapering legs with stiff leaf carved capitals, on castors, the rear legs of conforming design headed by satinwood lozenge inlaid panels
Dimensions
120cm wide, 137cm high, 51cm deep
Footnote
Literature: cf. Christopher Gilbert, "Some Weeks Cabinets Reconsidered", in The Connoisseur, May 1971, Vol.177, No.711, p.20. In his article, Gilbert
discusses the "Weeks" group of cabinets. This Lot, considered to be closely allied to the "Weeks Group", is illustrated as Figure 11.