Fine Furniture - 20th January 2026

Lot 65

A RARE AND FINE EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY DRESSING CABINET

Estimate £6,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £7620

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Description

A RARE AND FINE EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY DRESSING CABINET

ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, C.1760-70

the breakfront top with a geometrical astragal glazed door enclosing adjustable shelves, flanked by a pair of cupboards with outline mouldings each fitted with pigeonholes and four graduated drawers above a serpentine front chest, the top drawer fitted with divisions and lidded compartments with a baize lined slide revealing an adjustable mirror on a ratchet above three long drawers and ogee bracket feet

177.7cm high, 106.3cm wide, 63cm deep

Literature

See the Noel Terry Collection of Furniture & Clocks at Fairfax House, York for a closely related cabinet, p.43 which was retailed by Hotspur in 1966 and advertised in The Connoisseur magazine June 1966.