THOMAS AND WILLIAM BRAILSFORD OF SHEFFIELD (c.1765-1785)

69.00 cm wide   69.00 cm high   48.00 cm deep

27.17 inches wide  27.17 inches high  18.90 inches deep

Geoffrey Beard and Christopher Gilbert, ‘The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840’, 1986, p.101
Illustrated:
‘Chatsworth, Derbyshire. A seat of the Duke of Devonshire K.G’. Country Life Magazine, 15th June 1907, p.870
The Duchess of Devonshire, Chatsworth, The House, Chatsworth 2002, p.67

Price: £10,000-£50,000

A useful pair of mid 18th century Chippendale period mahogany bedside commodes by William Brailsford, having a serpentine fronted moulded top above four simulated graduated drawers with original gold lacquered brass swan-neck handles; on shaped bracket feat. The hinged tops opening by folding back the first two dummy drawers to reveal turned lids enclosing chamber pots.

Note: These two commodes once stood in the Sabine Bedroom at Chatsworth in Derbyshire, where a bill by William Brailsford survives.

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