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A GEORGE III FIDDLEBACK MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE
The upper part with a moulded cornice with shaped panelled pediment above a plain frieze with adjustable shelves and enclosed by a pair of Gothic ogee arch glazed astragal doors below a part with dummy drawer front enclosing a fitted interior, the hinged flap with green leather-lined writing surface with an interior of pigeon holes and drawers above three graduated drawers on ring-turned feet, the handles replaced, one lock stamped SGR/PATENT with depository label to the reverse inscribed in ink MR A C POWELL, losses to the fitted interior
48¾in. (124cm.) wide, 97½in. (248cm.) high, 21¾in. (55cm.) deep
The upper part with a moulded cornice with shaped panelled pediment above a plain frieze with adjustable shelves and enclosed by a pair of Gothic ogee arch glazed astragal doors below a part with dummy drawer front enclosing a fitted interior, the hinged flap with green leather-lined writing surface with an interior of pigeon holes and drawers above three graduated drawers on ring-turned feet, the handles replaced, one lock stamped SGR/PATENT with depository label to the reverse inscribed in ink MR A C POWELL, losses to the fitted interior
48¾in. (124cm.) wide, 97½in. (248cm.) high, 21¾in. (55cm.) deep
Provenance
Mr A C Powell
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