A fine and rare Regency brass-mounted and inlaid rosewood secretaire chiffonier, attributed to John McLean FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

the lower section opening to adjustable shelves.

Good restored condition, the top of lower section lacking side moldings flanking superstructure, wear, stains and losses to the velvet-lined writing surface, some minor replacements to stringing with minor inpainting, overall with some old marks, scratches scuffs and bruises.
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The present chiffonier closely relates to a group associated with the leading early 19th century cabinet-maker John McLean.  Examples from this group include a chiffonier in the Victorian and Albert Museum bearing McLean's own label, illustrated in Desmond Fitzgerald, Georgian Furniture, 1969, no. 140, and several other examples illustrated in Simon Redburn, 'John McLean & Son', Furniture History Journal, vol. XIV, 1978, figs 32b-34b.  Shared characteristics inculed the combination of figured rosewood veneers and gilt-brass mounts, the construction of the lower and upper sections and the distinct pierced brass panels, which are of the identical pattern to thse on a number of other pieces linked to McLean, examples of which are illustrated in Redburn, op. cit., pls. 36b, 38b, 39a-b, and 40a.