A George I parcel-gilt black-japanned brass-mounted cabinet on a gilt-gesso stand circa 1725

Decorated with chinoiserie figures at various pursuits within a trelliswork border, the cabinet doors mounted with engraved hinges and lock plates and opening to an arrangement of eleven large and small drawers, the gilt-gesso stand with leaf-and trellis-carved edge about a leaf-carved frieze centered by a mask of the goddess Diana, raised on acanthus-carved square cabriole legs with a punched ground and flowerheads, ending in square feet.

Trevor (Antiques), London, December 6, 1977

Overall good condition; the cabinet in good restored condition retaining the majority of its original decoration with nice tiny craquelure throughout consistent with age and use; the surface appears to have a clear lacquer or finish to protect the painted decoration; each door with a vertical age crack with some infilling and old inpainting and some minor losses; the stand is sturdy and in fair restored condition with extensive restorations to the gesso and gilding throughout; some large chips to the gesso visible in the catalogue illustration; the top edge of the stand at the front right side with a large chip; the front bracket to the top of the front right leg with a large chip; some large chips to the edges of the legs.
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