Mahogany Bureau Cabinet after Thomas Chippendale

This extraordinary Irish bureau cabinet was crafted based on a design for a desk and bookcase drawn from Thomas Chippendale’s famed 1762 edition of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director. Chippendale’s revolutionary designs came to define the Georgian style, and this mahogany George II cabinet is exquisitely adorned with carved acanthus leaves, cartouches and billowing bows. Behind the later mirror plate, three interior shelves offer ample storage. Conservative, yet imposing, Chippendale's innovative furniture reflected the English return to a more neoclassical sensibility. He was the first craftsman to boast such a strong following that an entire style bears his name and not that of a monarch. Furthered distinguished by prestigious provenance, the exceptional mahogany creation was once owned by Sir Gordon White, Baron White of Hull. The magnate was a Royal Air Force pilot during the Second World War, and served as the co-founder of British multinational corporation Hanson Trust.