Live Auction 5042Ronald Phillips Ltd - Making Room
A GEORGE III POLYCHROME-PAINTED, TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD-CROSSBANDED SATINWOOD BOWFRONT DRESSING-CHEST
Lot 106

A GEORGE III POLYCHROME-PAINTED, TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD-CROSSBANDED SATINWOOD BOWFRONT DRESSING-CHEST

CIRCA 1790

Closed2 July 2014

Price Realised

GBP 5,000

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

A GEORGE III POLYCHROME-PAINTED, TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD-CROSSBANDED SATINWOOD BOWFRONT DRESSING-CHEST
CIRCA 1790
The top painted with a floral spray within fruiting vine borders, the top drawer with baize slide enclosing an easel mirror and fitted compartments and a label for ‘Gloria Antiqua/Antiques-Works of Art-Decorations/170 Brompton Road, SW3’, the side of the top drawer with concealed inkwell
34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 39 ½ in. (100.5 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The fitted top drawer of this elegant dressing-chest, with its sliding easel mirror, fitted compartments and concealed side drawer with writing-compartments, can be directly related to a design by Thomas Shearer, circa 1788, published in his Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices (G. Wills, English Furniture 1760-1900, London, 1971, p. 129, fig. 101).