George IV Rosewood Chiffonier Display Cabinet

REF: PJ1150 / LA332442

£1350

€1563

$1884

Secure Payments By

Description

An unusual and exceptional quality George IV period chiffonier in spectacularly grained rosewood. It features a raised superstructure to the rear with mirror, an architectural pediment, scroll and leaf carving, and most unusually a display cabinet compartment secured by hidden catches. The main cabinet section has a single full-width mahogany lined drawer to the frieze (with brass patent lock stamped ‘GR’ for ‘George Rex’), above a pull-out slide, above two doors with mirror panels to the fronts, flanked by turned tapering columns, and opening to reveal an interior shelf. Raised on turned and fluted ball feet. Height 61″ (155cm) Width 44″ (112cm) Depth 17″ (43cm)

measurements

Height:

1550 mm

Width:

1120 mm

Depth:

430 mm

declaration

Peter J. Martin & Son has clarified that the George IV Rosewood Chiffonier Display Cabinet (LA332442) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1830

condition

This item is in original condition and is structurally completely sound. The polish has been revived, by our own craftsmen, by hand in the traditional manner. There are some minor old marks underneath the polish; in our opinion the photographs are representative.