Collections & Fine Furniture - 16 Apr 2024
A RARE EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
£5,000 - £8,000
A RARE EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, C.1760
the moulded cornice above a pair of doors each with a large flame figural panel inside a moulded frame with Rococo 'C' scrolls and foliage, enclosing three cedar slides, the base with a moulded edge and rounded corners, fitted with two short and one long cedar lined drawers and bracket feet, with brass Rococo style escutcheons and swing handles
152.8cm high, 130cm wide, 63cm deep
Provenance
Robert Bradley Antiques, Salisbury.
Catalogue Note
For a very similarly decorated walnut linen press, after a design by Thomas Chippendale, see Christie's, Simon Sainsbury - The Creation of an English Arcadia, Vol. II, 18th June 2008, lot 285, that sold for £73, 250 (including buyer's premium).