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A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD SIDE CABINET
Lot 1147

A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD SIDE CABINET

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed22 May 2014

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GBP 18,750

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A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD SIDE CABINET
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Inlaid overall with scrolling foliate strapwork, the rectangular breakfront top above three frieze drawers, above three cupboard doors with brass grilles and grey pleated silk, enclosing a single shelf to the centre and a pair of shelves to the sides, on reeded bun feet
36.1/2 in. (93 cm.) high; 69 in. (175 cm.) wide; 15.3/4 in. (40 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The cabinet of black-figured rosewood is inset with brass inlay of the type popularised by the émigré craftsman Louis le Gaigneur (fl. 1814 - 21) who termed himself a 'French Buhl Manufacturer', the firm of Town and Emmanuel of 103 Bond St, 'Manufacturers of Buhl Marqueterie' and Thomas Parker of Air St., Piccadilly, who in 1813 supplied a pair of 'Boulle’ marquetry coffers-on-stands to the Prince Regent which remain in the British Royal Collection. The intricate buhl inlay refers to prototypes as executed by Louis XIV's Royal ébéniste André-Charles Boulle and the designs of Jean Bérain.