Chest of drawers
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Mahogany, inlaid with boxwood, ivory escutcheons and brass handles
Measurements
110 x 121 x 54 cm
Place of origin
North-West of England
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Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
NT 998206
Summary
A mahogany and inlaid chest of drawers, North-West England, early 19th century, its frieze inlaid with three foliate patera, above two short and three graduated long drawers, all cockbeaded and inlaid with boxwood lines and with ivory escutcheons and pressed brass handles. The shaped apron inlaid with a circular patera between outswept bracket feet.
Provenance
Given by Henry Hornyold Strickland (1890 – 1975) with Sizergh Castle and its estates in 1950.