ID 1071133
Lot 199 | A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY BOW-FRONT CHESTS
Estimate value
£ 2 500 – 4 000
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO THE OMBERSLEY COURT CABINET MAKER
Each with reeded top and pilasters about two short and three long graduated drawers, on turned tapering legs
Each: 41 ½ in. (105 cm.) high; 45 in. (114.5 cm.) wide; 21 ½ in. (55 cm.) deep
Provenance
Commissioned by Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and 1st Baroness Sandys of Ombersley (1764-1836) and by descent.
Literature
Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS, in the 'Duke of Wellington Bedroom'.
| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
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| Art style: | Regency |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Chests |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
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| Art style: | Regency |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Chests |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
| Address of auction |
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