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A rare George I miniature oak chest, signed and dated By Thomas Reynolds, dated 1728

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Lot 479
A rare George I miniature oak chest, signed and dated
By Thomas Reynolds, dated 1728

Sold for £ 8,160 (US$ 10,308) inc. premium

Oak Furniture & Related Works of Art

12 May 2011, 10:00 BST

Chester

A rare George I miniature oak chest, signed and dated
By Thomas Reynolds, dated 1728
With two short over three long graduated drawers, within moulded frame, with ogee apron descending to bracket feet, the base dust board bearing the inscription May the 21st 1728 made For Mrs Mary Reynolds by /Thos Reynolds in Bell Lane, Spittle fealds, 55cm wide x 26.5cm deep x 56cm high, (21.5in wide x 10in deep x 22in high)

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  • Related Literature: C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840 illustrates this chest on p.388, pl.764. The author refers to an almost identical chest at Belvoir Castle, seat of the Dukes of Rutland.

    Provenance: Gillingham Collection. Sold Sotheby's London, 19 April 2000, Lot 141.

Saleroom notices

  • Additional reference literature: illustrated and discussed by Adam Bowett in Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740, pp. 99 - 101, where he states that this chest 'is the earliest firmly dated English chest of drawers with bracket feet as original fitments'.
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A rare George I miniature oak chest, signed and dated By Thomas Reynolds, dated 1728
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