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A PAIR OF IRISH WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD AND BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE CURVED COLLECTOR'S SIDE CABINETS, attribute

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A PAIR OF IRISH WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD AND BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE CURVED COLLECTOR'S SIDE CABINETS, attribute
A PAIR OF IRISH WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD AND BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE CURVED COLLECTOR'S SIDE CABINETS, attributed to WILLIAMS & GIBTON, circa 1835-40, each with moulded top above a moulded frieze and three glazed doors enclosing bird's eye maple fronted sliding shelves flanked by foliage carved serpentine trusses, on a plinth base. (a lot)
200.5cms wide.
e12,000/18,000
LITERATURE: J. O'Brien and D. Guinness, Great Irish Houses and Castles, London, 1992, p.201 (illustrated in situ)
H. Montgomery-Massingberd and C. Simon Sykes, Great Houses of Ireland, London, 1999, p.191 (illustrated in situ).
Sean O'Reilly, 'Lissadell, Co Sligo', Country Life, 25 September, 2003, p.112 (illustrated in situ)
These black-figured rosewood 'collector's specimen' mineral cabinets display angle pilasters with Grecian palms issuing from voluted and acanthus-wrapped console trusses. While reflecting the French-fashioned 'Drawing room Commodes'
illustrated in George Smith's Collection of Designs for Household Furniture, 1808, pls.117 and 118, the florid foliage of its consoles is clearly inspired by the robust George IV 'Louis Quatorze' fashion illustrated in his 1826 Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide. This had already been adopted by cabinet-makers such as Gillows of London and Lancaster who are known to have profoundly influenced Williams & Gibton.
The architect Lewis Wyatt (d.1852) was employed in the Prince Regent's Carlton House mansion and his Marine Pavilion, Brighton. He played a role in the promotion of the early l9th century revival of the Louis XIV and Louis XV styles, and was in Paris in 1814 studying architecture. In view of the close ties between the Wyatt and Gillow families, it may have been his influence that encouraged Gillows in the manufacture of the robust Louis Quatorze furnishings they introduced at Tatton Park, Cheshire around 1817.