Attributed to John Linnell and from Castle Howard where a collection of his furniture can still be found. It was sold as part of a Sotheby's contents sale on the premises and bears the house inventory number – 862.
The upper part with a moulded over-hanging fluted cornice above a stiff lotus leaf carved and swagged drapery marquetry frieze and a pair of panel doors enclosing twenty four pigeon holes each inlaid with a number or letter, the lower pair with a concave drawer and a rectangular moulded edge top above a frieze drawer decorated with running guilloche and rosette decoration and a pair of doors centred by a large circular roundel, enclosing four slides lined with marbled paper, on a plinth base, the reverse with an inventory label for JAS. BOWMAN & SONS, MONK BAR, YORK and printed '10'.
Circa 1785
Height: 87 inch (221 cm)
Width: 40.5 inch (104 cm)
Depth: 30 inch (77 cm)
Working locks with keys.
Provenance:
Provenance: Castle Howard, Yorkshire.
Probably supplied to Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
(1748-1825) and thence by descent to:
George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle
(1773-1848) and thence by
descent to:
William George Howard, 8th Earl of Carlisle (1808-1889) and thence
by descent to:
George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle (1843-1911) and thence by family descent until sold:
Sotheby's contents sale, Castle Howard 11th-13th November 1991, lot 115 and 116.
This cabinet relates to a design by John Linnell in the collection of the V&A Museum and dated to around 1765 (E291 1929).
A related bookcase also in the collection of the V&A Museum is illusrated by H.Hayward and P.Kirkham,
William and John Linnell, London, 1980. fig.18.
Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle was patron of John Linnell between 1777-1789.
A superb late 18th century mahogany glazed door bookcase, the upper section with pierced mahogany swan neck pediment with inset satinwood patterae over dentil and arched and finial cornice, above two glazed doors and adjustable shelves. The lower part with two short graduated drawers and two blind doors opening to reveal three linen slides. The drawer and door fronts with box wood stringing and crossbanding, the doors with satinwood quarter fan paterae inlaid. The whole on a moulded base and bracket feet.
Working locks with key
Circa 1785
Height: 100 inch (254.00 cm)
Width: 49 inch (124.46 cm)
Depth: 24 inch (60.96 cm)
POA
A very elegant English Regency Etagere, the three graduated shelves with rounded corners and raised edges. Beautifully made of the finest quality mahogany.
Could be used as a room divider.
Circa 1820
Height to top shelf: 37" / 94cm, to support: 39” / 99cm
Width: 37½" / 95cm
Depth of feet: 13” / 33cm, bottom shelf: 11½" / 29.25cm, middle shelf: 8¼” / 21cm, top shelf: 8” / 20.5cm
An important George III Secretaire Bookcase to designs by Thomas Sheraton, stamped on the three lower drawer linings by the maker, Lovell of Chichester.
Circa 1785
Height: 95 inch (241 cm)
Width: 42.5 inch (108 cm)
Depth: 23 inch (58 cm)
POA
The arched top pediment to the glazed door upper section with adjustable shelves, the lower section with a shallow secretaire drawer with two drawers and pigeon holes; below are two cupboards, the doors disguised as drawer fronts, flanking the central arched kneehole. The whole standing on a plinth base.
This is an extremely rare example of English cabinet making during the Adam period. It is unique in its shallow proportions, being made specifically to order. . The cabinet bears all the hallmarks in its quality and Architectural design that may be attributed to a number of eminent makers including Messrs. Ince & Mayhew who, so it is recorded, worked consistently at Burghley during the latter half of the 18th century. Provenance: Originally acquired by John Bly in 1967 from a collector at one time in the household of Burghley House in Lincolnshire, the ancestral home of the Marquess of Exeter. It subsequently formed an important part of a private collection until its recent dispersement, once again to John Bly by private treaty.
Circa 1785
Height: 92 inch (234 cm)
Width: 55 inch (140 cm)
Depth: 11 inch (28 cm)
POA
A magnificent and important Folio Cabinet of Goncalo Alvez. Illustrated double full page in “Gillows: London and Lancaster” by Susan E. Stuart. Formed as a centrepiece with horizontal dividers on one side and an arrangement book spines on the face. These are flanked by four beautifully carved columns below a sliding and rising adjustable top.
Circa 1825
Height: 31.00 inch (78.74 cm)
Width: 33.00 inch (83.82 cm)
Depth: 26.00 inch (66.04 cm)
POA
An Important set of Library Steps made in Oak for Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, circa 1840. Of fine golden colour they display in all carved elements the hand of ecclesiastical as well as secular craftsmanship typical of the first half of the 19th century, with free flowing curves and scrolls executed with flair and a natural feeling for the timber restrained only by the disciplines of the period. In excellent condition throughout they retain the original castors and are surmounted by a book platform as decreed beneficial by Thomas Sheraton.
Circa 1840
Height: 76 inch (193 cm)
Width: 21.5 inch (55 cm)
Depth: 43 inch (109 cm)
POA
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