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CIRCA 1775
Details
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE
Circa 1775
The dentilled cornice and fluted frieze above a pair of panelled glazed doors enclosing four shelves, the back wall lined with pink watered-silk, over a green gilt-tooled leather-inset writing surface and three long graduated drawers, on bracket feet, the base inscribed 332/3, the top and base sections each bearing an old paper label inscribed Miss/T.B./Jeffries/No. 1 and Miss/T.B./Jeffries/No. 2
83in. (212cm.) high, 43in. (111cm.) wide, 21in. (55cm.) deep
Circa 1775
The dentilled cornice and fluted frieze above a pair of panelled glazed doors enclosing four shelves, the back wall lined with pink watered-silk, over a green gilt-tooled leather-inset writing surface and three long graduated drawers, on bracket feet, the base inscribed 332/3, the top and base sections each bearing an old paper label inscribed Miss/T.B./Jeffries/No. 1 and Miss/T.B./Jeffries/No. 2
83in. (212cm.) high, 43in. (111cm.) wide, 21in. (55cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale, in these rooms, 17 October 1992, lot 326 ($5,500).