Lot 28
QUEEN ANNE OYSTER VENEERED WALNUT AND LABURNUM CHEST-ON-CHEST
LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE BASE LATE 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day One | Wed 18th Feb at 10am | Lots 1 to 352
Description
the moulded cornice above a cushion moulded frieze drawer, over a pair of doors opening to an arrangement of drawers; the later base with a secretaire drawer fitted with pigeon holes and drawers and a green leather writing surface, above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing shelves, raised on ring-turned tapered feet
Dimensions
110cm wide, 185cm high, 55cm deep
Provenance
By repute, ex. Captain Edward George Spencer Churchill
Footnote
A paper receipt dated 8th October 1968, for the purchase of this lot for the sum of £525, accompanies this lot. The receipt lists the cabinet as having come from the Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill Collection. Captain Edward George Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964) was the son of Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill, DL, and Augusta Warburton, and cousin to Sir Winston Churchill. In 1912 he inherited Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and it's collection, to which he added based on his own interests. After his death, the collection was sold by Christie's in 1965.