A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, GREEN-STAINED, INLAID AND ENGRAVED CORNER CABINETS
CIRCA 1775-80, AFTER DESIGNS BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE JUNIOR
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, GREEN-STAINED, INLAID AND ENGRAVED CORNER CABINETS, CIRCA 1775-80, AFTER DESIGNS BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE JUNIOR, Each crossbanded top inlaid and engraved with a shallow classical urn with a reeded body and anthemion finial, supported by a series of plinths, the lower plinth dispaying ram's masks with draped swags in their mouths and flanked by seated griffins, all draped with trailing husks and entwined with foliate scrolls, the frieze centred by an ormolu ram's head flanked by conforming trailing husks and scrolls above a pair of doors similarly decorated, on turned tapering fluted feet decorated with leaves and fluted collars, 33 ? in. (84.5 cm.) high; 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep