THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONISED BREAKFRONT SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE
Details
A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONISED BREAKFRONT SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE
The moulded cavetto cornice above a pair of doors, flanked by a door to each side, each with gothic-arch glazing bars and enclosing a cream silk interior and four glass shelves, above two short drawers and one long enclosing a hinged leather-lined flap and fitted interior, and above a pair of doors enclosing a shelf, flanked by a door each side enclosing two shelves, on a moulded plinth base, also with four long and eight short mahogany shelves, fitted for electricity, with label to the reverse:'BOWMAN JUNE 23 1910', the lock stamped 'PATENT', the gothic astragal tops later
79½ in. (202 cm.) wide; 103 in. (261.5 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide
The moulded cavetto cornice above a pair of doors, flanked by a door to each side, each with gothic-arch glazing bars and enclosing a cream silk interior and four glass shelves, above two short drawers and one long enclosing a hinged leather-lined flap and fitted interior, and above a pair of doors enclosing a shelf, flanked by a door each side enclosing two shelves, on a moulded plinth base, also with four long and eight short mahogany shelves, fitted for electricity, with label to the reverse:'BOWMAN JUNE 23 1910', the lock stamped 'PATENT', the gothic astragal tops later
79½ in. (202 cm.) wide; 103 in. (261.5 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide
Provenance
Sold anonymously, Sotheby's, 12 June 1986, lot 159.