Lot Essay
There is a similar satinwood secretaire-cabinet at Arlington Court, Devon, illustrated in G. Wills, English Furniture 1760-1900, p. 142 and Arlington Court, National Trust Guidebook, 1988, p. 16.
Details
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD SECRETAIRE-CABINET
Inlaid overall with boxwood and ebonised lines and banded in amaranth, the moulded arched cornice with five urn finials on square plinths, above a pair of geometrically-glazed doors enclosing a green rough silk lined interior with three removable glass shelves, the lower section with a fitted secretaire-drawer enclosing nine variously-sized mahogany-lined small drawers, five pigeon-holes and a green leather-lined writing-surface, above three mahogany-lined long drawers and a waved apron, on splayed bracket feet, with remains of paper label to reverse inscribed in ink '...28', fitted for electricity, restorations, one finial replaced
94 in. (239 cm.) high; 34½ in. (87.5 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep
Inlaid overall with boxwood and ebonised lines and banded in amaranth, the moulded arched cornice with five urn finials on square plinths, above a pair of geometrically-glazed doors enclosing a green rough silk lined interior with three removable glass shelves, the lower section with a fitted secretaire-drawer enclosing nine variously-sized mahogany-lined small drawers, five pigeon-holes and a green leather-lined writing-surface, above three mahogany-lined long drawers and a waved apron, on splayed bracket feet, with remains of paper label to reverse inscribed in ink '...28', fitted for electricity, restorations, one finial replaced
94 in. (239 cm.) high; 34½ in. (87.5 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep