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A Rare George III Satinwood and Marquetry Inlaid Kneehole Dressing Cabinet, Attributed To Christopher FuhrlohgCIRCA 1790 Height: 31.5" Width: 46.5" Depth: 16" Inventory Number 7970-363 Price$68,000DescriptionThe top with central hinged compartment opening to a ratcheted mirror and covered wells, above a long frieze drawer enclosing a writing slide; the recessed tambour door flanked by finely inlaid laurel swags and two banks of short drawers; raised on cabriole legs ending in brass caps and casters. BEARING LABEL in the upper right drawer for the Untermeyer Collection. ProvenancesPROVENANCE: Judge Irwin Untermeyer; The Metropolitan Museum of Art. IllustratedILLUSTRATED: English Furniture in the Irwin Untermeyer Collection; Yvonne Hackenbroch Additional InformationThis table was most likely produced by the noted Swedish cabinetmaker and inlayer Christopher Fuhrlohg. Features that link this piece to Fuhrlohg include the intricate neo-classical inlays that incorporate foliate festoons. He was born in Stockholm, around 1740, but immigrated with his family to Sweden. As a young man he traveled to Paris and Amsterdam, eventually settling in London. By 1766, he and his future brother-in-law were working for John Linnel, a preeminent shop of its day. By 1770 he opened his own firm at 24 Tottenham where they attracted commissions from aristocratic society including the Prince of Wales.
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