A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CABINET

The distinctive architectural form of the present cabinet is comparable with a bookcase, circa 1745, of architectural form incorporating fluted pilasters and a brickwork case sold The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part V; Christie's, New York, 21 March 2015, lot 1029 ($485,000). The nine tacks to the top of the present cabinet undoubtedly secured a carriage label denoting the original delivery address. See for example the label tacked in a similar fashion to a serving-table by John Cobb, sold Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 2000, lot 137, which records the delivery of the serving table to Banks Fee, Gloucestershire.