Lot 148
148
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A QUEEN ANNE RED AND GILT-JAPANNED SECRETAIRE decorated overall with Chinoiserie flowers, foliage and figures, the rectangular cornice above a moulded long frieze drawer, the fall-front inset with a shaped panel and enclosing a fitted interior of twelve variously-sized drawers and pigeon-holes around a central door, the lower section with three long drawers and on later bracket feet

Details
A QUEEN ANNE RED AND GILT-JAPANNED SECRETAIRE decorated overall with Chinoiserie flowers, foliage and figures, the rectangular cornice above a moulded long frieze drawer, the fall-front inset with a shaped panel and enclosing a fitted interior of twelve variously-sized drawers and pigeon-holes around a central door, the lower section with three long drawers and on later bracket feet
41¾in. (106cm.) wide; 65¼in. (166cm.) high; 17½in. (44.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Bought by Brian Betham (1732-1808)
His great great niece, Fanny, in the last quarter of the 19th Century
Thence by descent

Lot Essay

This cabinet is offered with a letter, dated 12 October 1887, from Charles J. Betham to his niece Fanny explaining the history of the cabinet. It had been bought by Brian Betham and described as an 'Indian Escritoire'. As a child Brian Betham had walked four miles to see the Young Pretender marching at the head of his Highlanders in 1745

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