Fitted with giltwood paw feet in the front, and ebonized feet in the back.

4 ft. 11 1/4 x 4 ft. x 21 in. 

Note from the Furniture History Society: George Oakley (1773-1840) was a British Upholder, Upholsterer and Cabinet Maker in London. The firm of George Oakley produced stylish furniture in the Grecian taste during the decades spanning the turn of the 19th century and was one of the pioneers of ‘Buhl’ inlay, a form of decoration that regained popularity during the early years of the Regency. Fashionable materials such as rosewood, mahogany and calamander were often used in Oakley's furniture, combined with inlays of satinwood and ebony, and brass stars and bands of metalwork. The high-class furniture made by George Oakley earned him a royal appointment and a contemporary reputation for fine craftsmanship.

An early mention of the Boulle revival comes in an invoice dated 1810 for supplying the Prince Regent with a ‘capital mahogany pedestal library table, inlaid with Buhl bordering, fitted with drawers on both sides … the top covered with black leather and raised on brass castors’. At about the same time a sideboard was bought from George Oakley as part of the refurnishing programme at the Bank of England. There is also a mahogany sideboard and side table attributed to him in the Ballroom of the Mansion House (closely related to one at Papworth Hall, Cambridgeshire) which is described as a ‘capital mahogany sideboard supported on a stand, reeded legs and carved and bronzed paw feet, with antique bronze heads’. 

In good, restored condition, with minor scuffs, nicks, and minor veneer replacements throughout. Both side panels with age cracks, some with filler, and old repairs to the brass inlay, some with losses and age splits. Minor age splits to the brass inlay throughout, and a replaced brass inlaid border on the right side of the main shelf. Losses to the gilding on the feet and the ebonized feet added later. Structurally sound. Impressive scale.

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