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SALEROOM NEWS JULY 2018 GOLDEN WONDER Country house furniture shines in July A wonderful variety of furniture, works of art and pictures from eminent British country houses will go under the hammer on 24th & 25th July. Pieces originally in the collection of singer and songwriter Roger Whittaker at Cubberley House in Herefordshire include “The Whitaker Table”; this marquetry inlaid maple and thuya wood table (Lot 728) was designed by the singer’s namesake, Henry Whitaker, an influential designer of the mid-19th Century. While at Cubberley, the table stood beside the piano where some of Whittaker’s songs were created and probably formed part of the suite of furniture made by Henry Whitaker for the Conservative and Unionist Club in London. Another table from this suite was acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1960. The example offered by Chorley’s is estimated at £20,000-30,000.
Lot 726
Other pieces from Cubberley include a painting from the workshop of Paolo Panini (Lot 379) depicting figures among classical ruins, estimated at £6,000-8,000. An interesting French singing bird automaton (Lot 1004) heads the Works of Art section and should fly away with an estimate of £2,000-3,000.
Lot 728 Lot 1004
Lot 379
An impressive suite of gilded French style furniture (Lot 726) carries an estimate of £8,000£10,000 and is complemented by other Continental furniture including a magnificent 19th Century ormolu mounted kingwood cabinet (£6,000-8,000) and a Vernis Martin three-panel screen (£2,000-2,500).
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