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George II estate cabinet (© Museum of South Yorkshire Life, Cusworth Hall)
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© Museum of South Yorkshire Life, Cusworth Hall

George II estate cabinet

Artist: British

Location: Museum of South Yorkshire Life, Cusworth Hall

Date: 1755

Materials: mahogany

Dimensions: 192 x 127 x 61 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £4,678 (Total: £18,231)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 4981 (2001)

Provenance:
Supplied to William Wrightson and remained at Cusworth Hall from 1755 until 1952; Mrs Pearce; passed from the family to their former agent; sold locally in 1983; Phillips, 1997.

Description:
Estate cabinet with a pair of fielded panel doors enclosing an arrangement of seventeen drawers marked 'A' to 'I'. The lower section has a conforming pair of fielded panel doors enclosing one long and six short drawers with the letters 'K' to 'P'.

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