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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
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