A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE COMMODE

CIRCA 1750

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE COMMODE
CIRCA 1750
With rectangular top above a fitted frieze drawer enclosing a baize-lined writing slide above secret compartments, flanked by sliding pen trays, above a pair of rosette-carved paneled doors enclosing two linen slides, with lions masks to the sides, on bracket feet
30 in. (76 cm.) high, 31 in. (78.5 cm.) wide, 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

Provenance

Gift of Bernard M. Baruch, in memory of his wife, Annie Griffen Baruch, 1960.

Lot Essay

Bernard M. Baruch (1870 – 1965) was an American financier and philanthropist. Known as the “Park Bench Statesman” for his propensity to discuss government affairs on a park bench, Mr. Baruch served as a political consultant under U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mr. Baruch and his wife, Annie Griffen Baruch, had an extensive collection of English furniture and silver, some of which was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See also lots 14, 15 and 87, which were all donated to the museum in 1965. The commode table (lot 89) had also been in the Bache collection.

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