A GEORGE I BURR WALNUT BUREAU CABINETBY WILLIAM OLD AND JOHN ODY, CIRCA 1725Cross and feather banded, the doors enclosing adjustable shelves and three shallow drawers above candle slides, the base with an interior arrangement of drawers around a door, the printed paper label to the top left drawer, three drawers with divisions, the brass handles and escutcheons parcel gilded to enhance the engraving214cm high, 108.5cm wide, 60cm deepThe printed label 'WILLIAM OLD AND JOHN ODY At the Cafstle in St Paul's Church-Yard (over-against the South-Gate of ye Church) London Makes and Sells all sorts of Cane & Dutch Chairs, Chair Frames for Stuffing and Case Sashes. And also all sorts of the best Looking-Glafs & Cabinet-Work in Japan Walnut-Tree & Wainscot, at reasonable Rates.'For examples of labelled furniture by William Old and John Ody see Christopher Gilbert, Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, pages 358 and 359, plates 699, 700 and 701. 'John Ody became free of the Joiners' Company in 1723, which may mark the date when he teamed up with William Old... William Old had died by 1738 when his widow offered his cabinet goods for sale at the St Paul's Church Yard address. The cabinet furniture so far traced bearing the firm's label is of richly figured walnut with feathered inlay and crossbanding'. For a cabinet on secretaire chest labelled William Old and John Ody see Christie's Important English Furniture, New York, 18th October 2001, lot 266 (USD21,150)