Lot 44
44
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A REGENCY MAHOGANY BOWFRONTED SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE inlaid with satinwood lines, the panelled arched cresting centred by a lozenge above a pair of gothic glazed doors enclosing three shelves, the base with panelled secretaire-drawer enclosing a fitted mahogany and satinwood-lined interior, with three satinwood-fronted drawers and two simulated drawers below the writing-surfaces, with two long drawers and on turned feet, the reverse and cresting inscribed in chalk Payne, one pane cracked

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY BOWFRONTED SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE inlaid with satinwood lines, the panelled arched cresting centred by a lozenge above a pair of gothic glazed doors enclosing three shelves, the base with panelled secretaire-drawer enclosing a fitted mahogany and satinwood-lined interior, with three satinwood-fronted drawers and two simulated drawers below the writing-surfaces, with two long drawers and on turned feet, the reverse and cresting inscribed in chalk Payne, one pane cracked
45¾in.(116cm.)wide; 90½in.(230cm.)high; 21in.(53cm.)deep

Lot Essay

The arched-cornice bureau with gothic glazing bar features in Thomas Shearer's Cabinet-Makers' London Book of Prices, 1788, pl. 7, together with 'compass fronted' furniture and a bureau-drawer with brass quadrant supports, plate 1. This particular pattern of glazing featured in his 2nd edition, 1793, pl. 15, no. 6.

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