Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 1 - 29th June 2022
Lot 248
A GEORGE I WALNUT BUREAU
Estimate £600 - £800
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Description
A GEORGE I WALNUT BUREAU
BY JOHN GATEHOUSE (ACTIVE 1700-1730)
with cross and feather banding, the hinged fall revealing an interior with pigeonholes, drawers, a central cupboard and a sliding well cover, above two short and two long drawers, one with a printed trade label inscribed 'John Gatehouse, Cabinet Maker and the Golden Hall by the ... near Holborn Bridge London. Maketh and selleth all sorts of cabinetworks. Viz. chest of drawers, book cases, cabinets, scritoirs. All sorts of glasses, pier glasses, chimney glasses and sconces. All sorts of joiners work as oval tables ... at reasonable rate.'
94cm high, 87.5cm wide, 49.5cm deep
Catalogue Note
John Gatehouse was listed as a cabinet-maker in a document giving details of people living and working in St Andrew, Holborn in 1695 and continued working into the early 18th century. Christopher Gilbert's book, the Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, published in 1996, illustrates two walnut bureau bookcases, an oak bureau and a walnut portable chest each applied with a very similar label.