Lot 153
153
A REGENCY MAHOGANY CHEVAL SECRETAIRE attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, inlaid with ebony lines, the hinged fall-front enclosing a black leather-lined writing-surface and two compartments, on trestle end-supports joined by a stretcher and on splayed legs, distressed

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY CHEVAL SECRETAIRE attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, inlaid with ebony lines, the hinged fall-front enclosing a black leather-lined writing-surface and two compartments, on trestle end-supports joined by a stretcher and on splayed legs, distressed
22in. (56cm.) wide; 45in. (114cm.) high
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to Thomas Lanford-Brooke (d. 1815)

Lot Essay

This pattern of a lady's secretaire, incorporated in a cheval-screen frame, derived from the late 18th Century French secretaire en portefeuille, which was also known at the period as a secretaire billet-doux. Thomas Shearer illustrated a related 'Lady's Writing Screen' in his, Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices, 1788, pl. 18

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