A GEORGE III SATINWOOD SECRETAIRE-CHEST

BY GILLOWS

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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD SECRETAIRE-CHEST
By Gillows
The rectangular fior di pesco marble top above two simulated drawers enclosing a fitted interior with nine small drawers around three pigeon-holes above a green baize-lined writing-surface, above three graduated drawers, on splayed feet, stamped 'GILLOWS.LANCASTER', the handles and the marble top apparently original
43¾ in. (111 cm.) high; 32 in. (81.5 cm.) wide; 18¾ in. (47.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

With its Grecian scrolled feet and secretaire-fall concealed by drawer fronts, this French-fashioned marble-topped secretaire relates to the secretaire of a bookcase featured in Gillows' Estimate Sketch Books, dated 1797. Richly figured satinwood features in their books for a related secretaire-bookcase supplied three years previously for their London shop by R. Clarkson (L. Boynton (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, figs. 148 and 146).

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