An English Porcelain Mounted Walnut Cabinet
In the Louis XV Manner
Employing fine Circassian burr walnut, decorated with blue ground ‘Sčvres’ porcelain panels and gilt bronze mounts, supported on cabriole sabot-shod legs headed by espagnolettes, the single-door cabinet set with an oval porcelain panel of a ‘fźte galante’ and a further four corner porcelain panels, the interior with a single shelf, the veneered top with an ormolu lambrequin surround and three-quarter pierced gallery.
English, circa 1850
Produced by several cabinetmakers, a variation of this design was shown at the 1851 Great Exhibition and a related example was likely purchased in 1846 by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria. Unlike those examples, the present cabinet employs walnut, a very English timber.
Comparative literature:
''British Furniture 1820 to 1920'' by Christopher Payne, 2023, p. 198-200, figs. 4.55-4.56, showing related examples.
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Internal Reference: 7694
Antique Number: SA1075148
Dateline of this antique is 1850
Height is 124.5cm (49.0inches)
Width is 69cm (27.2inches)
Depth is 41cm (16.1inches)
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