Property from a Private English Collection
A George III mahogany secretaire bookcase, circa 1760s
Lot Closed
November 8, 01:18 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private English Collection
A George III mahogany secretaire bookcase, circa 1760s
the pierced swan-neck pediment above a silk-backed bookcase with two adjustable shelves with glazed astragal doors, the lower serpentine section with a fall front faced dummy drawers opening to reveal a ratcheted writing surface lined with later felt and a fitted interior of short drawers, pigeonholes and a central cupboard, the angles with fish-scale blind fretwork, above an arrangement of short and long cock-beaded drawers, the corners with blind fretwork, on bracket feet
250cm. high, 118cm. wide, 54cm. deep;
8ft. 2 1/2in., 3ft. 10 1/3in., 1ft. 9 1/4in.
Christie's New York, 30th April 2007, lot 89
This distinctive piece combines several unusual elements of design, including the foliate pierced pediment and the arrangement of drawers. The astragal panels are similar to those on a bookcase by Ince and Mayhew, illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 270.
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