Live Auction 17737The Collection of Drue Heinz Townhouses in London and New York with interiors by John Fowler and Renzo Mongiardino
A MATCHED PAIR OF GEORGE III POLYCHROME-DECORATED CHESTS
Lot 367

A MATCHED PAIR OF GEORGE III POLYCHROME-DECORATED CHESTS

LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY DRUCE & CO, LONDON

Closed4 June 2019

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GBP 5,250

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A MATCHED PAIR OF GEORGE III POLYCHROME-DECORATED CHESTS
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY DRUCE & CO, LONDON
One with four long drawers, the other with two short over three long drawers, both on bracket feet, each with embossed brass label 'DRUCE & Co/Upholsterers..../from Second Hand Department', the decoration probably 19th century
One: 43 ¼ in. (110 cm.) high; 41 ½ in. (105 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58 cm.) deep
The other: 43 in. (109 cm.) high; 39 ¾ in. (101 cm.) wide; 21 ½ in. (54 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Druce & Co, 68 Baker Street, Portman Square, London, were established in the 1840s and were both cabinet makers and retailers of second-hand furniture. In the Marylebone Trade Directory of 1853, they described themselves as 'Furnishers, Upholsterers and Upholders for clients of discernment'.