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A George III mahogany and ebonised banded secretaire bookcase after designs by Thomas Sheraton
15 – 16 February 2022, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£800 - £1,200
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A George III mahogany and ebonised banded secretaire bookcase
after designs by Thomas Sheraton
Circa 1795, inlaid with boxwood stringing, the pair of interlaced astragal glazed doors carved with the Prince of Wales feathers, a central rosette and surmounted by a ribbon tie, enclosing three adjustable shelves, above a twin panelled and oval inlaid secretaire drawer, enclosing eight chequer banded drawers, eight pigeon holes and a central chequer-inlaid door enclosing one drawer, over a pair of panelled and oval inlaid doors, on splayed feet, the upper and lower sections both period, but possibly matched, 121cm wide x 56cm deep x 224cm high, (47 1/2in wide x 22in deep x 88in high)
Circa 1795, inlaid with boxwood stringing, the pair of interlaced astragal glazed doors carved with the Prince of Wales feathers, a central rosette and surmounted by a ribbon tie, enclosing three adjustable shelves, above a twin panelled and oval inlaid secretaire drawer, enclosing eight chequer banded drawers, eight pigeon holes and a central chequer-inlaid door enclosing one drawer, over a pair of panelled and oval inlaid doors, on splayed feet, the upper and lower sections both period, but possibly matched, 121cm wide x 56cm deep x 224cm high, (47 1/2in wide x 22in deep x 88in high)
Footnotes
The pattern for the astragal glazing bars of the upper section on the offered lot is virtually identical to a design for glazed doors illustrated in Thomas Sheraton's 1793 publication, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book, Part III, pl. 29, No. 3., and in the modern Dover edition, 1972, New York, p. 68. This design, which features again in the third edition of Sheraton's Drawing-Book published in 1802, also re-appears in The Sheraton Director, arranged by J.M. Bell, 1990, Ware, p. 21.