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A George I walnut and featherbanded chest on chest by William Palleday Circa 1720
1 July 2025, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,560 inc. premium
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A George I walnut and featherbanded chest on chest by William Palleday
Circa 1720
The ogee moulded cornice above three short oak lined frieze drawers, the central drawer of slightly larger proportions, over three long graduated and twin tablet oak lined drawers, with three conforming long graduated oak lined drawers below, on later large bun feet, the central upper drawer with an ink inscription which reads: 'Wm Palleday at the Sign of the Crown, Aldermanbury, London', 110cm wide x 58cm deep x 168.5cm high, (43in wide x 22 1/2in deep x 66in high)
The ogee moulded cornice above three short oak lined frieze drawers, the central drawer of slightly larger proportions, over three long graduated and twin tablet oak lined drawers, with three conforming long graduated oak lined drawers below, on later large bun feet, the central upper drawer with an ink inscription which reads: 'Wm Palleday at the Sign of the Crown, Aldermanbury, London', 110cm wide x 58cm deep x 168.5cm high, (43in wide x 22 1/2in deep x 66in high)
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A. Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture, 1715-1740, 2009, Woodbridge, pl. 3:45, p. 118.
Described therein as a 'Double chest of drawers' and dated to the period 1715-1725, the offered lot appears illustrated in A. Bowett, op.cit. The Palleday ink inscription and signature on this tallboy also feature in the same book, op.cit, pl. 1:4, p. 14. As the author notes, an important aspect to reference is the fact that this was clearly written by a literate individual rather than being information presented in the form of a printed label. Thus it seems almost certainly the case that the above was a product of the cabinet maker William Palleday himself.
Another example of a piece of furniture inscribed in an almost identical manner to this is a walnut bureau cabinet of circa 1715, which is illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, 1996, Leeds, fig. 704, p. 361.
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