A REGENCY ROSEWOOD BONHEUR-DE-JOUR

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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD BONHEUR-DE-JOUR
Inlaid overall with boxwood lines, the superstructure with two tiered shelves, the top with three-quarter pierced-brass gallery, the sides with brass trellis and ring-turned columns, above a fitted cedar-lined writing-drawer with hinged green leather-lined writing-surface, and a pair of oval yellow silk-backed panelled doors enclosing an adjustable shelf, on ring-turned tapering legs
30in. (76cm.) wide; 54½in. (130.5cm.) high; 15¼in. (38.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The secretaire with tiered bookshelves and medallion-centred 'commode' doors relates to a 'Lady's Secretary' pattern published in Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, London, 3rd ed., 1802, pl.43.

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