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The industry and ingenuity of William Ince and John Mayhew
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 996-1001
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Author:
Wood, Lucy (Wood, Lucy)
Subjects
artists:
Ince, William / Mayhew, John / Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779
dates:
1760-1769 / 1770-1779 / 1780-1789 / 1780-1829
subjects:
Furniture makers / British architecture / Cabinetmakers / Marquetry / Beds (furniture) / Chairs / Tapestries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bed, by Ince and Mayhew. 1768. Mahogany and other woods, with original blue silk ‘flowered tabby’ in the ‘Large Antique Headboard’, tester and cornice, height 356 cm. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
Attributed works:
2. Commode, by Ince and Mayhew, designed by Robert Adam. 1775. Veneered in harewood, tulipwood, satinwood and other woods, with painted decoration and ormolu mounts, 93 by 137 by 53.5 cm. (The Derby Collection).
Attributed works:
3. Commode (one of a pair and ensuite with a pair of corner cupboards), by Ince and Mayhew. 1767. Reworked seventeenth-century marquetry with ormolu mounts, 98 by 10 by 72 cm. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
Attributed works:
4. Commode, by Ince and Mayhew. 1765. Veneered in yew, holly and marquetry, with ebonised mouldings and ormolu mounts, 82 by 136 by 58 cm. (Private collection; Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Detail of a commode (one of a pair) by Ince and Mayhew, showing a shaded and engraved husk festoon in ‘yellow wood’ inlaid on a mahogany ground, passing over and under a frieze moulding and a chequered line border. 1767. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
Attributed works:
6. Boulle cabinet, on a table stand by Ince and Mayhew. Cabinet early eighteenth century, attributed to André-Charles Boulle; stand c.1780. Cabinet veneered in tortoiseshell and horn, inlaid with brass, with ormolu mounts; stand giltwood; overall height 209 cm., height of stand 94 cm. (The Buccleuch Collections, Boughton, Northamptonshire; by kind permission of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, KT).
Attributed works:
7. Two armchairs decorated with profiles of George III and Queen Charlotte, probably part of an original set of ten, supplied by Ince and Mayhew to Warren Hastings. c.1790. Painted wood, approx. 93 by 53.5 by 60 cm. (The Harrowby Collection).