BY WILLIAM OLD AND JOHN OLDY, CIRCA 1725

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A GEORGE I WALNUT SECRETAIRE CABINET-ON-CHEST
BY WILLIAM OLD AND JOHN OLDY, CIRCA 1725
With broken pediment centered by a giltwood female head, above arched beveled mirrored doors enclosing an arrangement of drawers above a slide, the lower section with a secretary drawer enclosing a leather writing surface, pigeon holes and drawers, above three long drawers, on later bun feet, with William Old and John Oldy label to top long drawer, the pediment formerly with further side elements
87 in. (221 cm.) high, 42½ in. (108 cm.) wide, 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The makers William Old and John Oldy are recorded from circa 1723 until William Old's death in 1738, at which time his widow conducted a sale of his stock from the St. Paul's Churchyard address denoted in the label. A very similar labeled example of similar form, but with flat cornice and bracket feet, is illustrated in C. Gilbert, A Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1986, fig. 600, and later sold Christie's, New York, 18 October 2001, lot 266.

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