Fine Georgian Chippendale Chest on Chest

Fine Georgian Chippendale Chest on ChestA very fine quality Chippendale period chest on chest in beautifully figured Santo Domingo mahogany of exceptional colour and patination. English, c. 1770 Why we like it This chest on chest has everything that one can dream of when looking for a perfect piece of Georgian furniture, the superb quality, a great choice of timber, subtle decoration and a most amazing colour and patination. Beautiful detailing to the original feet and the fluted frieze

and is raised on four turned column supports upon carved splayed legs

a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation

Desirable mellow colour and patina

of pleasing colour and desirable compact proportions

Height: 7 cm / 2

elegant back

height 152 cm

A fine French 19th century Louis XIV – Regence style oak and parcel-gilt sofa or settee

ormolu-capped sabre legs and pierced galleries was sold Sotheby's Paris

Height excluding fittings 22

29 January 1981

Width: 48 cm / 19”