Cabinet
ca. 1715 (made)
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Cabinet on a stand; japanned cabinet incorporating four Japanese lacquer panels; stand of carved gilded wood
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| Brief description | Cabinet on a stand; japanned cabinet incorporating four Japanese lacquer panels; stand of carved gilded wood; Britain; ca.1715. |
| Physical description | Cabinet on a stand; japanned cabinet incorporating four Japanese lacquer panels; stand of carved gilded wood |
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| Gallery label | CABINET ON STAND
ENGLISH; about 1715
The japanned cabinet incorporates four Japanese lacquer panels. Gilt gesso stand.
Made for George I and later acquired by William Henry Nassau de Zuylesten, 4th Earl of Rochford, First Lord of the Bechamber and Groom of the Stole, as a perquisite of office on the death of George II. The design of the stand corresponds with that of a gilt gesso side-table by James Moore at Hampton Court.(pre October 2000) |
| Object history | Cabinet, purchased from Messrs. Ian Askew of SW3 on 3/12/58 Notes from R.P. 58/3661 3/12/58 Purchase form lists as "Cabinet on stand - Japanese lacquer with gilded wood stand - £585". Ian Askew Invoice lists as: A Japanese early 18th century lacquer cabinet with fine walnut interior, on contemporary gilt stand (probably the work of James Moore) bequeathed by George IInd to the Earl of Rochford - his groom of the stole" 12/1/58 memo, Hayward details history & provenance attached. Earlier correspondence also details the history and provenance of the cabinet: 29/1/57 letter, Nugent (comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's office) to Alaric Jacob (former owner of the cabinet & descendant of the Earl of Rochford) requests permission for the Queen's Deputy Surveyor of Works of Art to look at the cabinet and he declines Jacob's offer to loan the cabinet to Hampton Court Palace. He mentions that the V & A might be interested in the piece. 27/6/57 letter, Francis Watson (the Queen's Deputy Surveyor of Art) to Jacob outlines the similarities between the James Moore side table at Hampton Court (illustrated in Ralph Edwards' Georgian Cabinet Makers, 1946) and the cabinet Jacob owns. 22/7/57 letter, Watson to Jacob suggests several museums that might be interested in the cabinet. 13/6/58 letter, Jacob to Mr Wilson explains that "the Hanoverian cabinet….was the property of George II and passed, on the King's death, to his Groom of the Stole, the Earl of Rochford together with all the other furnishings of the King's bedchamber. It stood for many years in the Rochford family house - St Osyth's Priory in Essex and came to me through the female line of the Rochford family". |
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| Accession number | W.30:1 to 9-1958 |
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| Record created | January 24, 2001 |
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