Lot Essay
The design is a combination of various elements in designs for 'Desk and Bookcases' in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Dirc©ctor, London, 3rd ed., 1762, pls. CVIII and CXII.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WRITING-CABINET, the breakfront upper section with central broken triangular pediment centred by an urn finial, flanked by a pierced fretwork balustrade, with central glazed door enclosing a golden velvet-lined interior flanked by conforming lower doors above three mahogany-lined drawers, the lower section with rectangular top with moulded edge above a mahogany-lined fitted long drawer enclosing a green leather-lined writing-surface, above a recessed kneehole fitted with three drawers flanked by panelled doors, one enclosing folio slides and the other three drawers, on shaped bracket feet
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WRITING-CABINET, the breakfront upper section with central broken triangular pediment centred by an urn finial, flanked by a pierced fretwork balustrade, with central glazed door enclosing a golden velvet-lined interior flanked by conforming lower doors above three mahogany-lined drawers, the lower section with rectangular top with moulded edge above a mahogany-lined fitted long drawer enclosing a green leather-lined writing-surface, above a recessed kneehole fitted with three drawers flanked by panelled doors, one enclosing folio slides and the other three drawers, on shaped bracket feet
52½in. (133cm.) wide; 88in. (228cm.) high; 25½in. (65cm.) deep
52½in. (133cm.) wide; 88in. (228cm.) high; 25½in. (65cm.) deep