AN IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE CHEST

THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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AN IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE CHEST
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular dentil cornice above six graduated drawers and a hinged secretaire drawer enclosing pigeon holes and ten drawers on shaped bracket feet, with paper depository label inscribed 'E MCCONNELL'
65 in. (165 cm.) high; 37½ in. (95 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53 cm.) deep

Provenance

E. McConnell

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Lot Essay

This form of secretaire-tallboy in one section and with a drawer front which falls down like French secretaire à abattants is typically Irish. A similar example is illustrated in The Knight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture, 2007, p.235, fig.206.

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