William Vile
A mahogany cabinet
William Vile
A mahogany cabinet
Date circa 1775
Period George III
Origin English
Medium Mahogany
Dimension 220.5 x 123.5 x 55.5 cm (86³/₄ x 48⁵/₈ x 21⁷/₈ inches)
A similar cabinet, supplied by Vile to the Duke of Leeds at Hornby Castle, Lancashire, England, and now in a private collection in London, shares many similarities, including the panelled side, leaf carved mouldings, pearl carved cock beading and mirrored doors.
Note: The cabinet retains all the original ornate brass handles. The bevelled mercury silvered mirror plates are of later date.
Date: circa 1775
Period: George III
Origin: English
Medium: Mahogany
Dimension: 220.5 x 123.5 x 55.5 cm (86³/₄ x 48⁵/₈ x 21⁷/₈ inches)
Provenance: Alfred Jowett, Hazelcroft, Killinghall, Yorkshire, England.
Private collection, Australia.
Mallett & Son Ltd., London, England.
Literature: ‘Hornby Castle - The seat of the Duke of Leeds’, Country Life, 14. July 1906, pp. 54-64.
Christie, Manson & Woods, ‘Fine Old English Furniture - Continental Porcelain - Old English Silver and Pictures by A. Canaletto - The Property of His Grace The Duke of Leeds’, sale catalogue, 10 June 1920.
Illustrated:
R. W. Symonds, ‘Provincial Furniture of the XVI to the XVIII Centuries, illustrated by examples in the collection of Mr. Alfred Jowett of Killinghall’, Connoisseur, November 1940, p. 196, no. VIII.
Mallett & Son Ltd., catalogue, 2014, pp. 216-19.
Ronald Phillips Ltd
18th Century and Early 19th Century English Furniture, Objets d’Art, Glass, Clocks and Barometers
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