A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-CABINET
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CONNECTICUT COLLECTION (LOTS 355-359)
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-CABINET

CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-CABINET
CIRCA 1770
THE SWAN'S NECK PEDIMENT WITH PIERCED FRETWORK OVER AN OVERHANGING DENTILLED AND MOLDED CORNICE, THE PAIR OF CUT-CORNERED GLAZED DOORS ENCLOSING AN INTERIOR WITH SHELVES, THE SERPENTINE LOWER SECTION WITH SECRETAIRE DRAWER FRONTED WITH A PAIR OF SMALL CUT-CORNER PANELS, ENCLOSING A FELT-LINED WRITING SURFACE IN FRONT OF A RANGE OF PIGEONHOLES AND DRAWERS WITH A FOLDOVER SECRET COMPARTMENT TO THE SECRETAIRE-DRAWER FRONT, OVER A PAIR OF CUT-CORNER PANELLED DOORS ENCLOSING TWO SHORT OVER THREE LONG DRAWERS, ON AN OUTSTEPPED MOLDED BASE AND OGEE BRACKET FEET, ELECTRIFIED, INSCRIBED IN BLACK CHALK #2478/147, THE FRETWORK OF CRESTING POSSIBLY REPLACED
90IN. (228.5CM.) HIGH, 41IN. (104CM.) WIDE, 22IN. (56CM.) DEEP

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