" HIGHLY IMPORTANT ENGLISH WORK OF ART "

 

A George 111 Period Ormolu- Mounted Mahogany , Amaranth , Harewood and MMarquetry Breakfront Cabinet - Commode with a firm attribution to the celebrated CHRISTOPHER FUHRLOHG CIRCA 1775

 

Inlaid to the top and side with basket - weave parquetry, the rectangular top with canted corners and centred oval with flowering  rose branches, with stiff leaf and dart edge above a plain frieze and three doors each containing a shelf , the central door with a roundel on a basket-weave ground depicting Erato playing her lyre , the side doorrs with standing Muses , one possibly Terpsichore playing a lyre, the other carrying a staff, above scrolling honeysuckle tendrils, with rosette- filled lower edge, onacanthus cast toupie feet .

 

Provenance  H. F . Richardson Esq March 1933 ( according to label )

 

Acquired by the Hon. Mrs Audrey Pleydell- Bouverie at Julians Park , Hertfordshire prior to 1947 .

 

Literature   

C Hussey,  Julians , Hertfordshire - 11 Country Life  27 June 1947 . p 1210 fig 2 ( The Entrance Hall )

J. Cornford , The Inspiration of the Past , 1985 p.40 fig 32

L. Wood , Catalogue of Commodes, London, 1994, p 122, fig 118 

 

Dimensions  80.5 cm      122.5 cm    68.5 cm

 

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