Lot Essay
A related secretaire-cabinet was sold anonymously, Phillips London, 6 October 1992, lot 60.
Details
A GEORGE I BURR-WALNUT AND WALNUT SECRETAIRE-CABINET
Feather-banded to the front, the cavetto moulded cornice above a pair of quarter-veneered panelled doors enclosing an arrangement of nine drawers below a concave-fronted drawer and above a pair of candle-slides, the lower section with a fitted secretaire-drawer with green baize-lined writing-surface, eight pigeon-holes and four small drawers, above two short and two long graduated drawers, on later bracket feet, restorations and replacements, the candle-slides lacking handles
43¾ in. (11 cm.) wide; 73 in. (185.5 cm.) high; 19¾ in. (50 cm.) deep
Feather-banded to the front, the cavetto moulded cornice above a pair of quarter-veneered panelled doors enclosing an arrangement of nine drawers below a concave-fronted drawer and above a pair of candle-slides, the lower section with a fitted secretaire-drawer with green baize-lined writing-surface, eight pigeon-holes and four small drawers, above two short and two long graduated drawers, on later bracket feet, restorations and replacements, the candle-slides lacking handles
43¾ in. (11 cm.) wide; 73 in. (185.5 cm.) high; 19¾ in. (50 cm.) deep
Sale room notice
The secretaire-cabinet is 111 cm. wide and not as stated in the catalogue.