Lot 9
A George I walnut kneehole dressing table or desk
11 March 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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A George I walnut kneehole dressing table or desk
The moulded quarter-veneered and crossbanded top with re-entrant front corners, the walnut-lined frieze drawer revealing a baize-lined writing slide and interior compartments with secret drawers concealed behind a fretwork panel, the side of the drawer with a further concealed drawer, the concave and fretwork decorated apron drawer above a kneehole cupboard door enclosing an oak interior with a shelf, flanked by two banks of three drawers, on bracket feet, inlaid to the top and drawers with featherbandings restorations to the feet, 87cm wide, 53cm deep, 82cm high (34in wide, 20 1/2in deep, 32in high).
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Provenance:
The Du Cane Family, Braxted Lodge, Essex.
Braxted Lodge, now called Braxted Park, was built circa 1680. The house was large and had extensive gardens and lakes and was owned by the Darcy family until 1745 when the estate was bought by Peter Du Cane of nearby Coggeshall. Du Cane, a director of the Bank of England and of the British East India Company enlarged, upgraded and landscaped the property in the 1760's, where the Du Cane family remained until 1919.