Lot 20
20
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-CABINET with moulded rectangular cornice above a pair of gothic glazed doors centred by floral paterae and enclosing a blue striped silk-lined interior with two shelves and two later glass shelves, the base with panelled fitted secretaire drawer, the interior with four drawers with chequered inlay, centred door with seaweed marquetry shell medallion flanked by stop-fluted marquetry pilasters and further drawers and pigeonholes, above two short and three graduated long drawers, on later bracket feet, restorations, the top of the central cornice section replaced

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-CABINET with moulded rectangular cornice above a pair of gothic glazed doors centred by floral paterae and enclosing a blue striped silk-lined interior with two shelves and two later glass shelves, the base with panelled fitted secretaire drawer, the interior with four drawers with chequered inlay, centred door with seaweed marquetry shell medallion flanked by stop-fluted marquetry pilasters and further drawers and pigeonholes, above two short and three graduated long drawers, on later bracket feet, restorations, the top of the central cornice section replaced
44½in. (113cm.) wide; 88½in. (225cm.) high; 21¾in. (55.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The glazing bars in the upper part of this secretaire bookcase are a variation on designs with twin ogee arches, surrounded by an oval that appear in Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers Drawing Book, 1793, pl.xxix. Simpler examples, perhaps closer to the present lot, designed by W. Casement are in The Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices, 2nd ed., 1793, pl.27.

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