Chatsworth Estate English Mahogany Corner Cupboard c.1760

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Chatsworth Estate English Mahogany Corner Cupboard c.1760Chatsworth Estate village of Edensor. Made around 1760 for a house of substance within the estate, it remained in place until removed by our restorer some fifteen years ago, and has only recently been acquired for our collection. The cupboard is constructed in beautifully figured curl mahogany with solid mahogany, fruitwood, and satinwood detailsmaterials of a quality associated with high end Georgian commissions. Its rare break front barrel form is

The gilding is soft

A strikingly designed undulating French garden recliner/sun lounger c

An alluring collection of four deep relief Italian Baroque scroll fragments c

The grand scale centrepiece tazza style urn on its original sectional pedestal has a wide and shallow saucer shaped bowl set upon a raised spreading socle foot

Water will spout from the central top finial and cascade in rivulets over the curved formed bowls creating an enchanting sound of water in your garden

The smallest goblet is octagonal opalescent glass with a tapering bowl decorated with scrolls and trellis enamels in polychrome and gold

Originally found in Rhodes when the city walls were being constructed

A similar example sits in the Toller Porcorum Church of St Andrew & St Peter in the valley of the River Hooke

With foliate decoration and classical fluted form

underscoring the piece’s authenticity and centuries of reverence

and is a rare example of an Art Nouveau garden statue and a model we have never come across before

The name is generally considered to originate with the practice of displaying garlanded

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