PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. CLIFFORD AMBROSE TRUESDELL (LOT 415)

A WILLIAM AND MARY BURR WALNUT, BURR ASH AND SEAWEED MARQUETRY FALL-FRONT SECRETAIRE-CABINET

CIRCA 1700

Details

A WILLIAM AND MARY BURR WALNUT, BURR ASH AND SEAWEED MARQUETRY FALL-FRONT SECRETAIRE-CABINET
CIRCA 1700
With cushion frieze drawer, the fall-front interior fitted with seaweed marquetry-inlaid drawers and a central cupboard, the fall front with a later leather-lined ratcheted reading surface, the brasses to base replaced, previously with bun feet
66¼ in. (168.5 cm.) high, 46¼ in. (117.5 cm) wide, 19.5 in. (49.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

J. Annan Bryce, Esq., 35 Bryanston Square, Hyde Park, London.
The late J. Annan Bryce, & Mrs. Bryce, A Catalogue of the entire Contents of the Residence [35 Bryanston Square], conducted by Samuel Wallrock, London, 5-14 November 1923, lot 389 [second day's sale] (illustrated).
Acquired from Biggs of Maidenhead, Berkshire, 1965.

Literature

P. Macquoid, The Age of Walnut, London, 1905, p. 133, fig. 123.

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Lot Essay

The collector J. Annan Bryce (d. 1923) was a Scottish M.P. for Inverness Burghs from 1906-1918. Prior to that, he spent a number of years abroad, first as an East India Merchant and then serving on various councils in Burma, where he cultivated a taste for Eastern bronzes and metalwork. The 1923 sale following his death included treasures from many collecting areas; the catalogue took particular note of his 'valuable and well-known specimens of old English furniture'.

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