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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CLOTHES PRESS
Lot 177 PROPERTY FROM AN OXFORDSHIRE PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 174-179)

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CLOTHES PRESS

ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1765-70

Fermé17 May 2017

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CLOTHES PRESS
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1765-70
The rectangular moulded cornice above a pair of panelled doors enclosing five slides above two short and two long drawers with S-pattern keyholes, on shaped bracket feet, the key original
76½ in. (194 cm.) high; 47 in. (119.5 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

Acquired from John Hopkins Antiques and Fine Arts, Cuckfield, Sussex, 13 August 1987.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 23 May 2012, lot 259.

Note du spécialiste

This handsome mahogany press can be confidently attributed to the St Martin's Lane cabinet-maker Thomas Chippendale on both stylistic and technical grounds. Its uncomplicated form reflects a style promoted by Chippendale in his Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director first published in 1754. The distinctive 'S-pattern' keyholes were favoured by Chippendale and were a speciality of the Gascoigne family of St.James's (see C.Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, fig. 267). The thin red wash over secondary timbers was employed on a number of pieces of restrained mahogany furniture at Dumfries House, Ayrshire, which were attributed to 'The Dumfries House Cabinet-Maker' - possibly Thomas Chippendale (included in the Dumfries House Christie's sale catalogue, 12-13 July 2007, among them lots 106, 236, 251 and 252).

A very similar clothes press was sold Christie's, London, 29 April 2010, lot 27 (£13,125 including premium).