English George III Inlaid Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase

Property from a New York Private Collection.

English George III inlaid mahogany secretaire bookcase.

• The upper section with pierced swan's-neck cresting, above inlaid, simulated fluting and Greek key banding.
• Gothic-arched cupboard doors enclosing shelves.
• The slightly projecting lower section crossbanded and with a secretaire drawer opening to an interior fitted with satinwood paneled drawers, green-stained fruitwood secret drawers, and centered by a marquetry cupboard door flanked by attached twist-fluted half-columns.
• The case with three long graduated crossbanded drawers, all with brass drop handles.
• Raised on short bracket feet.

Ginsburg & Levy inc, New York, 1971