Bureau cabinet
manner of G. Coxed & T. Woster
Category
Furniture
Date
1710 - 1720
Materials
Burr yew, cedar, oak construction, brass handles and fittings, mirrored glass doors
Measurements
217.8 x 108 x 56.5 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1398462
Summary
A burr yew and cedar bureau cabinet, in the manner of Coxed and Woster, London, circa 1715, possibly supplied by Elizabeth Gumley in 1735 The cabinet with a moulded cornice above a pair of beveled mirrored doors with top re-entrant corners. The doors opening to reveal three shelves, six pigeon-holes, ten drawers and a cupboard with a shelf and three further small drawers. The bureau has a hinged fall opening to rest on retractable loppers and with a pair of retractable candle slides above. The interior is fitted with six pigeon-holes, six drawers and a cupboard door, incorporating two concealed drawers. The well, with sliding lid is flanked by a pair of hidden drawers which open at the front of the bureau with a hidden interior catch. with two short and two long drawers below and raised on later bracket feet.
Full description
This cabinet bureau is possibly the 'large Ewe desk with book case and glass doors' bought from Elizabeth Gumley in 1735 by Ashe Windham. Coxed and Woster of St. Paul's Churchyard are known for combining high quality burr veneers with elaborately chased mounts. A secretaire in burr maple with pewter stringing is illustrated in G.Beard & J.Goodison, English Furniture, 1500-1840, 1987, p.70, pl.1. Similar hinges can be found on Coxed & Woster bureau cabinets illustrated in C.Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, p.p156-158. (James Weedon 2017)
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969).
Makers and roles
manner of G. Coxed & T. Woster, cabinetmaker
References
Gilbert (1996): Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700 - 1840 (1996) Beard, Geoffrey W. Dictionary of English furniture makers, 1660-1840 1986.