拍品 131
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-PRESS attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, the moulded rectangular cornice above two panelled doors enclosing four presses, the secretaire-drawer simulated as two drawers and enclosing a part green baize-lined fitted interior with eight mahogany-lined drawers, eight pigeon-holes and two secret drawers around a chequerbanded door, above three long drawers and on moulded plinth and ogee bracket feet

細節
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-PRESS attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, the moulded rectangular cornice above two panelled doors enclosing four presses, the secretaire-drawer simulated as two drawers and enclosing a part green baize-lined fitted interior with eight mahogany-lined drawers, eight pigeon-holes and two secret drawers around a chequerbanded door, above three long drawers and on moulded plinth and ogee bracket feet
48¼in. (122.5cm.) wide; 87in. (221cm.) high; 23in. (58.5cm.) deep
來源
Almost certainly supplied to Peter Brooke (d. 1783) or his wife Elizabeth (d. 1809)

拍品專文

This bureau-cabinet is typical of Messrs. Gillows' furniture of the early George III period, and relies on its superbly figured mahogany and elegant proportions. The 'ogee' bracket foot appears in the Company's Estimate Sketch Books from the early 1760's, while the medallion-backed handles relate to much of their furniture supplied to Mere in the 1780's