19TH CENTURY

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A MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE
19TH CENTURY
With a dentilled cornice and blind fret-carved frieze, with four geometrically-glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the central fall enclosing a fitted interior with two drawers and pigeon-holes, with a short drawer to either side and cupboard below, flanked by a panelled door on either side with simulated drawer, on a plinth base, the handles later, restorations
111 in. (282 cm.) high; 146 in. (372 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The glazing of the bookcase cabinet, in Roman-mosiac fashion with octagon compartments, features in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754 (pl. 69); while the fretted ribbon-guilloche of its commode frieze relates to one of his 'Gothick' fret patterns (pl. 156).

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