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A CHIPPENDALE PERIOD SERPENTINE CHEST OF DRAWERS

england , circa 1765

An exceptional quality George III Chippendale period mahogany serpentine-fronted chest of drawers, with quarter veneer top, canted corners carved with entwined laurel leaves, four cross-banded graduated long drawers, a baize lined brushing slide to the top drawer, with original handles and original bracket feet.
 
Outstanding colour and patina throughout.

Stock number

R11.201
Height: 33¹/₂ in (85 cm)
Width: 41³/₈ in (105 cm)
Depth: 22¹/₄ in (56.5 cm)
This exceptional serpentine chest of drawers relates very closely to one from the celebrated Blackwell collection, which was most recently sold at Christie’s London, Thomas Chippendale – 300 Years, 5 July 2018, lot 13 (price achieved £137,500), and a further example in the collections at Dumfries House.  The pattern of handle and escutcheon is typical of Chippendale’s documented furniture as seen on a mahogany serpentine chest of drawers dated 1774 supplied to Ninian Home at Paxton, and another in the dressing room of Lady St. Oswald’s bedroom at Nostell Priory, Yorkshire.
 
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