A William III oyster veneered olive wood and walnut cabinet-on-stand
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March 24, 08:41 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A William III oyster veneered olive wood and walnut cabinet-on-stand
the moulded top over a cavetto frieze drawer and two panelled doors enclosing an arrangement of eight drawers and a cupboard enclosing three further drawers, the base with a long drawer on later barley twist turned legs with a waved flat stretcher on bun feet, alterations
150cm. high, 93.5cm. wide, 47cm. deep.
By repute Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Baronet (1674–1730)
Inventory, 1749, possibly 'one Olive Cabint [sic]' in the 'Blue Chamber';
Inventory, 1885, p. 17, in the Boudoir;
Arthur T. Bolton, ‘Mersham le Hatch’, Country Life, 26 March 1921, photographed in the Staircase Hall, p. 372;
Inventory, 1926, p. 19, on the First Floor Landing;
H. Avray Tipping, English Homes, Late Georgian, 1760-1820, London, 1926, in situ, p. 128.
Inventory, 1885, p. 17, in the Boudoir;
Arthur T. Bolton, ‘Mersham le Hatch’, Country Life, 26 March 1921, photographed in the Staircase Hall, p. 372;
Inventory, 1926, p. 19, on the First Floor Landing;
H. Avray Tipping, English Homes, Late Georgian, 1760-1820, London, 1926, in situ, p. 128.