Y A FINE REGENCY SATINWOOD AND MACASSAR EBONY LIBRARY TABLE ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE OAKLEY CIRCA 1805-1810 In the manner of Thomas Hope the trestle end supports have brass bosses to each end all with ebony surrounds and are raised on their original brass castor, twin lower tier shelves below the single drawer and faux drawer front to the friezes, brown leather insert surrounded by inlaid brass stars that mimic the "Emblems of the night" brass star pattern used extensively by Hope 73cm high, 122cm wide, 63cm deep Provenance: Previously part of a Private Collection, Cheshire George Oakley (1773-1840) was a leading exponent of 'Grecian' furniture which was highly fashionable. The style and quality helped to earn the firm royal patronage and private commissions, becoming one of the most famous cabinet makers in Regency London. In 1801 the Journal des Luxus und der Moden speaks of 'everyone of taste and discrimination making their purchases at Oakley's, the most tasteful of London's cabinet'. The use of exotic timbers, brass inlay and six point brass inlaid stars are all features seen on Oakley's recorded work. See Margaret Jourdain, Regency Furniture, p.51, 'From a manuscript inventory of the furniture supplied by George Oakley in 1810 for Papworth Hall, Cambridgeshire...the account includes the more important pieces ... A calamander wood circular loo table ....the top inlaid with a border of stars in brass and ebony £13 10 6'. See Christie's, New York, British Interior, 21st January 1999, Lot 476, ($14,950) for a calamander and brass quartetto tables with related brass six point stars by George Oakley supplied to Papworth Hall in 1810.
Y A FINE REGENCY SATINWOOD AND MACASSAR EBONY LIBRARY TABLE ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE OAKLEY CIRCA 1805-1810 In the manner of Thomas Hope the trestle end supports have brass bosses to each end all with ebony surrounds and are raised on their original brass castor, twin lower tier shelves below the single drawer and faux drawer front to the friezes, brown leather insert surrounded by inlaid brass stars that mimic the "Emblems of the night" brass star pattern used extensively by Hope 73cm high, 122cm wide, 63cm deep Provenance: Previously part of a Private Collection, Cheshire George Oakley (1773-1840) was a leading exponent of 'Grecian' furniture which was highly fashionable. The style and quality helped to earn the firm royal patronage and private commissions, becoming one of the most famous cabinet makers in Regency London. In 1801 the Journal des Luxus und der Moden speaks of 'everyone of taste and discrimination making their purchases at Oakley's, the most tasteful of London's cabinet'. The use of exotic timbers, brass inlay and six point brass inlaid stars are all features seen on Oakley's recorded work. See Margaret Jourdain, Regency Furniture, p.51, 'From a manuscript inventory of the furniture supplied by George Oakley in 1810 for Papworth Hall, Cambridgeshire...the account includes the more important pieces ... A calamander wood circular loo table ....the top inlaid with a border of stars in brass and ebony £13 10 6'. See Christie's, New York, British Interior, 21st January 1999, Lot 476, ($14,950) for a calamander and brass quartetto tables with related brass six point stars by George Oakley supplied to Papworth Hall in 1810.
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