A CHARLES II STYLE GEOMETRIC MOULDED OAK CHEST OF DRAWERS

A CHARLES II STYLE GEOMETRIC MOULDED OAK CHEST OF DRAWERS, inlaid with engraved bone and mother of pearl tendrils, the centre drawer with trompe l'oeil door between corbels and split baluster mouldings, on bun feet, the sides panelled, 96cm h; 50 x 90cmProvenance: Henry Stanford Mountain (d. 1940) of Groombridge Place by whom acquired from the dealer Druce of Baker St, London for £22.10s.0d in 1930; thence by descent with the house and contents to his son S W Mountain, by whose executors sold Sotheby's, Contents of Groombridge Place, Kent, 15 September 1992, lot 97 to the late husband of the present vendor.