Chest of drawers: M.27-1961

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Channon, John (Attributed to)

Entities

Chest of drawers

Categories

Furniture

Description

Mahogany chest of five drawers with serpentine front, canted corners and bracket feet. Two short and three long drawers. With ormolu mounts in the French taste, and side handles also of chased ormolu. The top is formed of mahogany veneer on deal, which has cracked in several places.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Louis C. G. Clarke, 1960.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 61.4 cm
Height: 87.4 cm
Width: 128.8 cm

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Place(s) associated

London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

Mid 18th Century
George II
Circa 1755 - Circa 1760

Components of the work

Mounts composed of ormolu
Carcase composed of mahogany
Ormulu

Techniques used in production

References and bibliographic entries

Chippendale Furniture. The Work of Thomas Chippendale and his Contemporaries in the Rococo Taste, Vile, Cobb, Langlois, Channon, Hallett, Ince and Mayhew, Lock, Johnson, and others circa 1745-1765 page(s): 39
Dictionary of English Furniture page(s): 144
Furniture at Temple Newsam and Lotherton Hall: Vol I page(s): 177-179
John Channon and Brass Inlaid Furniture 1730-1760 page(s): 96-67
The Collection of Mr. And Mrs. Saul P. Steinberg page(s): 159-165

Related exhibitions

John Channon and Brass Inlaid Furniture 1730-1760

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.27-1961
Primary reference Number: 95849
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 24 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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