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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOOKCASE ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCIS AND WILLIAM BRODIE, CIRCA 1775 The fret-carved swan-neck pediment centred by a fluted plinth above a dentil moulded and drop-pendant frieze, the astragal glazed doors enclosing four adjustable shelves, the lower doors with circular panels with beaded borders enclosing four shelves, on a plinth base, chalked E.GOULD and with paper label E.GOULD ..... LONSDALE... 114 in. (285 cm.) high; 62 in. (152 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
The attribution to Francis and William Brodie, cabinet-makers of Edinburgh, derives from the close similarity in the pediment to a bookcase at Yester House, East Lothian, thought to be by William Brodie, illustrated in Francis Bamford, A Dictionary of Edinburgh Furniture Makers, 1983, pl. 26. Their business was established by Francis Brodie in the 1730s and by 1740 he had gained the patronage of many important and wealthy Scottish families. He was joined in business by his son William, possibly as early as 1764 though the latter led a double life, cabinet-maker by day while engaged in nefarious activities by night and he was ultimately hanged in 1788. The circular panels in the lower section of the present lot recall certain pieces made by Thomas Chippendale in the later part of his career, including the mahogany commode supplied to Sir Rowland Winn for his London apartment in 1767.