William Vile
A mahogany bookcase
William Vile
A mahogany bookcase
Date 1755
Period George II
Origin English
Medium Mahogany
Dimension 249 x 165 x 44.5 cm (98 x 65 x 17¹/₂ inches)
Note: The bookcase has at some stage prior to 1931 been reduced in depth.
Date: 1755
Period: George II
Origin: English
Medium: Mahogany
Dimension: 249 x 165 x 44.5 cm (98 x 65 x 17¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: Sir Stuart Montagu Samuel, 1st Baronet, Chelwood Vetchery, Nutley, Sussex, England;
M. Harris & Sons, London, England;
Collection of Bertie Coppinger Prichard, England;
Private collection, Scotland.
Literature: John Vardy, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent, 1744, plate 33.
Christopher Claxton Stevens and Stewart Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture: The Norman Adams Collection, 1983, p. 187.
Illustrated:
M. Harris & Sons, ‘A Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art’, 1931, vol. III, p. 340.
Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, revised edition, vol. I, 1954, p. 84, fig. 15.
Ronald Phillips Ltd
18th Century and Early 19th Century English Furniture, Objets d’Art, Glass, Clocks and Barometers
More artworks from the Gallery
