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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD-CROSSBANDED MAHOGANY CHEST
Lot 232

A GEORGE III SATINWOOD-CROSSBANDED MAHOGANY CHEST

BY WILLIAM INCE & JOHN MAYHEW, 1792

Fermé22 November 2022

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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD-CROSSBANDED MAHOGANY CHEST
BY WILLIAM INCE & JOHN MAYHEW, 1792
The canted top above six cedar-lined formerly fitted drawers, the lower two drawers each faced with two simulated drawer fronts, on tapering square feet, stamped twice and stencilled '1861'
48 1/4 in. (122.5 cm.) high; 42 in. (107 cm.) wide; 20 1/4 in. (51.5 cm.) deep

Supplied to Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), for Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire in 1792, either for the Cabinet or for the Duke's bedroom and dressing room - 'a high Mahogany Chest containing six drawers with Canted Corners the two at bottom made to shew as four each drawer divided in four with Cedar insides the whole neatly cross banded with satinwood strong black & white beads finishd extra good full warded locks made on purpose to Your Graces own key & wrought brass furniture' (£19 16s).

Note du spécialiste

This beautifully made dressing-chest was supplied to the 5th Duke of Bedford by the cabinet-making partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew as part of the extensive works undertaken at Woburn (as well as the Duke of Bedford's London properties) over a period of thirty years, between 1767 and 1797. It was very precisely described in a bill of 1792, including the provision of the locks 'made on purpose to Your Graces own key'. It shares many features - the use of mahogany with satinwood crossbanding, cedar linings to the drawers, and the same design of drop handle - with a side table also attributed to Ince and Mayhew and sold by the Duke of Bedford, 'Property from two Ducal Collections, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire', Christie's, London, 20-21 September 2004, lot 75 (£16,730).