Georgian Cabinets

Early 19th Century two-door Chippendale display case in the Chinese style. The finely carved swan neck pediment with open fretwork design sits above two astragal glazed doors that op...

A Fine 18th Century George II Figured Walnut Chest on Chest or Tallboy, Circa 1740. England. In two parts divided by a cross grain moulding the reeded upper section consists of a c...

A miniature George III mahogany bureau, of rectangular form with a fall front and fitted secretaire interior above two short and three graduated long drawers, raised on bracket feet....

A miniature George III mahogany bureau apprentice piece, of rectangular form with a fall front and fitted pine interior with an arrangement of small drawers and pigeon holes, all abo...

19th century Georgian mahogany Chinese Chippendale two-door display cabinet with finely carved details presenting seamless decoration across the rails and legs. The blind fretwork ca...

English Georgian style (18/19th Century) highboy chest in two sections with painted Chinoiserie lacquer figural scenes, the top section features two top ...

A pair of George IV rosewood side cabinets by Gillows, each with two of mirror-backed shelves with brass galleries and bold S-scroll ends set above a rectangular cupboard, the doors ...

Unusual mid 19th century English mahogany collector's cabinet having two doors, the interior with turned bone handled pull out and adjustable shelves, the interior of the cabinet bea...

Pair of Georgian style mahogany cabinet stands English, 19th Century Height 110cm, width 60cm, depth 55cm Each mahogany cabinet in this pair is crafted in the style popular duri...

Very fine George III mahogany serpentine cabinet, the shaped top with molded edge, the two doors in vivid crotch grain with hard round molded surrou...

18th Century George II Chippendale Period two-door mahogany Glazed bookcase, circa 1750 The concave cornice sits above a pair of glazed doors. The antique glass is divided by moul...

This highly important secrétaire-cabinet was crafted for and specially ordered by King George I for the British Ambassador to Russia. From its craftsmanship and materials to its exceptional artistry, it is a work of royal and historic significance that exudes power in each and every detail. The broken pediment at its apex features the simplified royal coat of arms bearing the king’s crown, while the interior is adorned by portraits of the British Royal Family. Placed within the ambassador’s St. Petersburg home, this entirely unique piece of furniture would have been a potent reminder of England's grandeur and political importance. Relations between England and Russia during this period were at an all-time high. Peter the Great had traveled to England in 1698 as part of his widely known “Grand Embassy” tour, wherein he attempted to gain foreign support against the Ottoman Empire. He spent a period of nearly four months there, meeting with King William III and his court on numerous occasions. Noted academic Arthur MacGregor wrote concerning the impact of the trip, “For two decades following Peter's visit, British influence in Russia reached a peak. It manifested itself in social custom, in craft practice and in ships and naval organization... it reached a significant sector of the population before relations cooled once again and the two nations pulled back from this era of unprecedented cordiality.” First and foremost, however, it is a reminder of British might and influence. By the reign of King George I, England had come into its own as a world power. Unique in its design, this cabinet is a reflection of the country’s might. It is crafted from the highest-quality solid walnut and burr walnut adorned by gilded lock plates and engraved hinges. The presence of ormolu at its apex and lining the doors was a rarity for this period, and its addition makes manifest the importance of the design. The outer doors open to reveal multiple interiors, including fifteen separate drawers around a central cupboard; the cupboard doors each bear mezzotint portraits of George I and his father, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover. An etching after the portrait of George I dating to circa 1716 is in London’s Royal Academy. A second, inner pair of doors are adorned by mezzotints of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later Queen Caroline and George II), which are both after portraits by Sir Godfrey Kneller dated 1716 in the Royal Collection. A final portrait is revealed on the very interior of the cabinet, where a mezzotint of Frederick, Anne, Amelia and Caroline, children of the Prince of Wales, resides. An etching (circa 1715-1720) after this portrait can be found in the National Portrait Gallery (London). Apart from its abundance of royal portraiture, the cabinet features stunning painted decoration, including floral designs as well as clouds, birds and trees in a bucolic motif reminiscent of Eden. Its lower portion is a study in both form and function, featuring a fitted secrétaire-drawer above three additional drawers for storage. The cabinet appears in The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture by R. Edwards from 1964, a text that is regarded as the bible of British furniture design. Edwards describes it as a “writing cabinet...given by George I to the British Ambassador at the Russian court.” The cabinet was likely made for the 18th-century German diplomat and writer Friedrich Christian Weber, who represented English interests at the Russian court from 1714 until 1719. Although Weber’s tenure as ambassador was relatively short, while in St. Petersburg, he authored his account entitled Das veraenderte Russland (The Present State of Russia), which was published in three volumes in 1721, 1739 and 1740. It may, however, also have been made for George Douglas, 2nd Earl of Dumbarton, who served as ambassador alongside Weber in 1716. Diplomatic relations ceased between the two countries in 1721. In 1928, the cabinet appeared for sale at the International Exhibition of Antiques & Works of Art in Olympia. It had previously been in the collection of the Woltner family of Bordeaux, the celebrated vintners who owned the estate Château Laville Haut-Brion and produced wine of the same name. According to the family, Monsieur Woltner was given the cabinet as a gift from an aunt who lived in Russia for many years. After leaving the Woltner collection, the cabinet was acquired by William Berry...

A very large George IV plum pudding mahogany side cabinet, the shaped top above a moulded frieze with five cupboard doors interspersed between scrolling acanthus columns, the three central doors glazed with pleated fabric linings opening to reveal a double cupboard...

The cross-grain moulded and feather banded book-matched top sits above two short and three long feather-banded drawers, each book-matched, lined in oak and framed to the carcass with a double-D cross-grain moulding, raised on what is known as the ball and bracket foot. The chest comes from a small group of pieces to bear the ball and bracket foot and perhaps most famously, by Coxed and Woster...

Very fine late Georgian inlaid mahogany and bronze mounted chiffonier, having three tier waterfall bookshelf top supported by bronze columns, over ...

A fine pair of George III figured mahogany side cabinets, in the manner of Thomas Sheraton, each demilune top with a strung edge above a central frieze...

Fine pair of George IV collector’s cabinets in the Grecian manner popularized by Thomas Hope and George Smith having Santa Anna marble tops over frieze mold...

A matched pair of George III mahogany night cabinets. The rectangular tray top, above a single cupboard door, resting on square legs, retaining original color and patina. Slight var...

A rare 18th century Irish mahogany knee-hole cabinet. The superbly carved swan neck cornice with Irish sunflowers carved garlands of flowers and an egg and dart mouldings, above a si...

A fine late Georgian Davenport in the manner of Gillow Constructed in mahogany, rising from caster shod turned feet, the base of square form, having reeded columns to the angles, ...

A George IV display cabinet of small proportions. Of breakfront form, constructed in goncalo alves, with brass inlays; rising from carved gadroon capped naturalistically carved a...

English Georgian-style (19/20th Century) red lacquered chinoiserie design cabinet with bombe shaped base with drawers and 2 glass doors on upper section.

18th century Serpentine two-door cabinet.

These beautiful cabinets are designed in the style of furniture produced in England in the Georgian period (1714-circa 1830-1837). The Georgian style is characterised by its restrain...

A fine two-door bookcase Constructed in a fine mahogany, with flame veneers to the front; rising from a plinth base, the lockable blind doors over having recessed fielded panels w...

Constructed of a finely patinated mahogany; rising from castor shod ring turned legs, a lockable cupboard with a fielded panel enclosing a shelved interior having a single drawers ov...

English Georgian (18th Century) mahogany cabinet with a lower section having 4 drawers and a 2 door upper section with carved pilaster columns and lat...