A Fine George III Mahogany clothes chest in the Manner of Thomas Chippendale circa 1760

The hinged rectangular top with Vitruvian-scroll-carved apron centered by a central acanthus spray above a conforming case carved to the front with two foliate cartouches and fitted with bail handles to the side panels above a gadrooned apron raised on pierced foliate and rocaille carved feet.  Restorations.

Nice figuring to the mahogany, very nicely carved and with some good color overall; good condition; the top with some perishing to the finish; the back edge with three pins which appear to secure the rectangular patches to the underside of the top which coincide with the space above the hinges; the front edge of the top at the center with four small circular patches; old repaired break to the back wood strip above the hinges; the interior bracket hinges are later; bail handles possibly replaced; bottom of the left side panel with two rectangular patches approximately 7 in. x 1/4 in and 5 in. x 1/4 in.; front right foot with an old chip to one C-scroll; feet with ware and bruises with some small nicks; the underside of the bottom with a later wood batten to support the boards; overall with some old marks and scratches consistent with age and use.
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Executed in solid and beautifully figured mahogany, the present chest combines the highly stylized designs of Chippendale's Director with good quality carving and materials.  The form is based on two designs by Thomas Chippendale found in his Director of 1762, No CXXVII and CXXVIII.  The molding to the case and overall form is most closely related to the first plate, and the foot or leg is identical to the one of the next plate.  The feet also relate to those on a giltwood stand made to fit a chest of drawers attributed to Chippendale at Badminton House, illustrated in Macquoid and Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed., Woodbridge, 1983, vol. II, p. 47, fig. 44.