A William and Mary kingwood or 'princeswood', rosewood and oyster veneered escritoire
in the manner of Thomas PistorCirca 1690, with radiating veneered roundels, lunettes and spandrels, the ovolo frieze drawer above a fall enclosing ten drawers, eight pigeon holes and four secret drawers, encompassing a central door, enclosing three drawers, over two short and two long drawers, on later squat bun feet, 112cm wide x 52cm deep x 161cm high, (44in wide x 20in deep x 63in high)
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Certain aspects of the radiating and oyster veneering on the offered lot mirror those which appear on a kingwood escritoire inscribed: 'Mr Thomas Pistor, Ludgate Hill, London', formerly housed at Buxted Park, East Sussex. This escritoire is visible in a photograph of the drawing room at Buxted Park that formed part of a 1950 article in Country Life magazine. Such oyster veneering is also the dominant characteristic on two kingwood cabinets-on-chests offered by W.R. Harvey and Co. Antiques, as well as on another cabinet which featured in a sale last year at The Pedestal, Moor Park. The shared elements between these aforementioned examples and the present lot are; the waved oyster pattern on the frieze drawers; radiating circular, lunette, spandrel and 'heart-shaped' veneers; along with comparable cornice and waist mouldings.Although two people called Thomas Pistor, evidently father and son, were cabinet makers, it is only documented that one of these worked at The Cabinet, Ludgate Hill from 1694 until 1711. However it seems highly likely that one or perhaps both individuals produced furniture before 1694 as well.LiteratureC. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, 1996, Leeds, p. 44. Country Life, 11 August, 1950.G. Savill & S. Stratton, The Pedestal, Moor Park, 14 March 2017, footnote for lot 27.