A Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood and Scagliola Secretaire Cabinet, Circa 1810
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Auction Closed
January 31, 05:43 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood and Scagliola Secretaire Cabinet, Circa 1810
the upper bookcase section with three shelves above a cantilevered rising secretaire, the leather book spine-mounted fall front revealing an ebony inlaid fitted interior with pigeonholes, lidded compartments, a sprung inkwell drawer and three removable hinged boxes with campaign handles, the lower section with two further internal leather book spine-mounted doors, the inside lid of one interior box inscribed in pencil Thomas / Fisher Street / Red Lion Street
height 89 in.; width 48 1/2 in.; depth 25 1/2 in.
226 cm; 123 cm; 65 cm
Christie's New York, 17 October 2003, lot 237
This extraordinary metamorphic secretaire cabinet appears to be a unique model and can be associated with the 'Empire' or 'French antique' style promoted by George Bullock (d. 1818) and by the Paris-trained cabinet-maker S. Jamar, who in 1818 established his Wardour Street manufactory of 'Superb French Cabinet Furniture' (see C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds 1996, pp. 273-280). The central tablet of Boulle-style inlay corresponds to that found on a table bearing the label of the Wardour Street business founded in the early 1820s by the dealer James Winter (Gilbert, fig. 1024).
Fisher Street is off High Holborn, adjacent to Red Lion Square in Central London, and no cabinetmaker associated with the name Thomas at this address is recorded.
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