CIRCA 1780, POSSIBLY SCOTTISH

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A GEORGE III BRASS-INLAID MAHOGANY AND EBONISED SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE
CIRCA 1780, POSSIBLY SCOTTISH
The rectangular moulded cornice above a plain satinwood frieze above a pair of glazed doors with interlaced astragals around an urn, enclosing three shelves, the interior lined in yellow watered silk, above a secretaire-drawer enclosing a fitted interior of burr-walnut veneered mahogany-lined drawers around a central door, with green leather-lined writing-surface, above three further graduated drawers, on gently splayed feet, the drawers crossbanded in satinwood, the handles replaced, the feet reveneered, restorations to the astragal glazing-bars, later brass inlay
94½ in. (240 cm.) high; 51 in. (129 cm.) wide; 22½ in. (57 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The bookcase was bought by Dick Turpin in Scotland. It's mosaiced glazing, of veil-draped sacred urns, evokes lyric poetry and 'sacrifices at love's altar'. It derives from a pattern in Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1793 (pl. 29, no. 5).

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