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A PAIR OF REGENCY PERIOD ROSEWOOD SIDE CABINETS ATTRIBUTED TO MARSH & TATHAM
W: 37.25” / 95cm
D: 17.25” / 44cm
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Literature
F.J.B. Watson, 'The Furniture and Decoration', Southill, London, 1951, figs. 35-36
Ed. G. Beard, C. Gilbert, The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660 -
-1840, Leeds, 1986, pp. 623-624
A PAIR OF REGENCY PERIOD ROSEWOOD SIDE CABINETS ATTRIBUTED TO MARSH & TATHAM
Englsih, circa 1810
Height : 33” 84cm
Width: 37” 95cm
Depth : 17 ” 44cm
A pair of Regency rosewood side cabinets, each with a rectangular top above two drawers retaining their original brass knob handles. The lower section is enclosed by a pair of brass-grille doors opening to adjustable shelves. The cabinets are raised on tapering pilasters terminating in distinctive pointed feet, with gilt-brass mounts defining the architectural lines of the design.
The tapering pilasters and unusual form of the feet closely relate to a pair of rosewood chiffoniers and a commode designed by Henry Holland for Mrs Whitbread’s room at Southill, Bedfordshire. These were almost certainly supplied by Marsh & Tatham during the refurbishment of the house between 1796 and 1802. The comparison places the present cabinets firmly within the refined neo-classical vocabulary associated with Holland and the leading London cabinetmakers working around 1800.
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