Lot 6
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CHEST-ON-CHEST
MID 18TH CENTURY
The Line of Beauty: A Collector’s Pursuit
Auction: 01 July 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
the ogee moulded and fluted cornice above a frieze with stop-fluted panels separated by carved rosette patera, above a pair of short drawers over three long drawers flanked by angles inlaid with hare-bell trails; the lower part with three further long graduated drawers over gadrooned base moulding and Chinese style bracket feet with trellis carved recessed reserves
Dimensions
126cm width, 185cm height, 51cm depth
Footnote
The present chest-on-chest, with it's distinctive arched bracket foot and rosette and fluted frieze, is near identical to one previously in the possession of great collector Percival Griffiths, described as a ‘tallboy chest of drawers’ [see illust]. A secretaire chest-on-chest, also from the Percival Griffiths Collection, with a similar foot is illustrated in The Dictionary of English Furniture, pg 146, Fig. 50.