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LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE CORNICE AND ADDED DRAWER SECTION REPLACED IN THE LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD, MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE
Late 18th Century, the cornice and added drawer section replaced in the late 19th/early 20th Century
The upper breakfronted section with a pair of glazed mullioned doors flanked by two further glazed doors above a later bank of two drawers, supported on a larger conforming case with central pull-out butler's drawer enclosing a later green tooled-leather writing surface and a combination of pigeonholes and drawers, above two doors enclosing a later drawered interior, flanked by two banks of five graduated drawers, on plinth base, decorated throughout with penwork and inlaid palmettes and ribbon-tied husk-swags, mounts later, restorations, penwork decoration to top of base section later
91in. (231cm.) high, 90in. (228.5cm) wide, 24½in. (52cm.) deep
Late 18th Century, the cornice and added drawer section replaced in the late 19th/early 20th Century
The upper breakfronted section with a pair of glazed mullioned doors flanked by two further glazed doors above a later bank of two drawers, supported on a larger conforming case with central pull-out butler's drawer enclosing a later green tooled-leather writing surface and a combination of pigeonholes and drawers, above two doors enclosing a later drawered interior, flanked by two banks of five graduated drawers, on plinth base, decorated throughout with penwork and inlaid palmettes and ribbon-tied husk-swags, mounts later, restorations, penwork decoration to top of base section later
91in. (231cm.) high, 90in. (228.5cm) wide, 24½in. (52cm.) deep