Lot 127
GEORGE II MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
MID 18TH CENTURY
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 2 May 2018 at 11:00 BST
Description
the projecting moulded cornice above a plain frieze and pair of shaped moulded panel doors opening to sliding tray shelves and a hanging rail, the base with two short and a long drawer, raised on shaped bracket feet
Dimensions
129cm wide, 182cm high, 58cm deep
Footnote
Note: The present lot bears similarities, particularly to the shape of the door panels, to a press cupboard sold in these rooms, 30th March 2011 , lot 260, which bore the trade label for Philip Bell, London.
Philip Bell's father, Henry, founded the family business in 1736 at the White Swan, St. Paul's Church Yard. Philip took over the firm following his father's death in 1740. Like his contemporary, Giles Grendey, Bell favoured complex re-entrant panels and the use of high quality well-figured timbers.