18th Century Chippendale Period Mahogany Linen Press

A large and handsome mahogany press cupboard, the double doors above hold slides and below is a single shelf. In two parts with a simple cornice, and a plinth base. Dimensions; H 2...

A late Regency or William IV period Rosewood table with a fold over top and beize surface for cards/games. With a fine dense timber, quadrant beaded edge and frieze flanked by carved...

circa 1880 English 19thC Mahogany Linen Press sku 1999 Together W129 x D58 x H176 cm Base W129 x D58 x H71 cm Top W131 x D60 x H105 cm Top internal shelf depth 50 cm Weight 58 kg

the reverse ogee moulded cornice and stylised Greek key frieze above a pair of shaped fielded doors with acanthus carved moulded borders, enclosing three linen slides, over two short drawers, with two long graduated drawers below, on shaped ogee bracket feet, The distinctive serpentine shaped and fielded panelling of the doors on the present lot conform to a type much utilised and favoured by the cabinet maker Giles Grendey during the period, circa 1740-55. Among the various examples of Grendey furniture which incorporate this characteristic feature, perhaps the most notable comparable appears illustrated in both R. Edwards & M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet...