George III Mahogany Bachelor's Chest

George III Mahogany Bachelor's ChestA good George III period chest of small proportions, virtually identical to a design by George Hepplewhite as illustrated in his The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl. 75. English, c. 1770 The moulded and crossbanded top and brushing slide, above the four graduated oak lined drawers largely retaining the original handles, raised on four original shaped bracket feet. Constructed in oak and pine, attractively veneered in well figured flame

Mathis' (lower right)

raised on turned

Very rare in this quality and condition

certainly one of the best ever made by the celebrated Gillows firm

in dense solid Cuban mahogany

in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster

Richly carved with florid Roman foliage in the George IV antique manner popularised  by Thomas King’s

in the South Drawing Room

'A Signed Hinge'

reproduced from period examples on hand looms in England just as it used to be 200 years ago

Country Life Limited: London

decorated with inlaid faux fluted columns