William Vile - A mahogany bookcase

Date	1755
Period	George II
Origin	English
Medium	Mahogany
Dimensions	249 x 165 x 44.5 cm (98 x 65 x 17¹/₂ inches)
Gallery	Ronald Phillips Ltd

Description
Technical

A drawing by William Kent, published in 1744, resembles the top section of the bookcase.
Note: The bookcase has at some stage prior to 1931 been reduced in depth.

Date: 1755
Period: George II
Origin: English
Medium: Mahogany
Dimensions: 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.
Categories: Furniture