A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRÉTAIRE DISPLAY CABINET
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRÉTAIRE DISPLAY CABINET
Date 1770
Period 1750-1850, 18th century
Origin England
Medium Mahogany
Dimension 219.5 x 108 x 46 cm (86³/₈ x 42¹/₂ x 18¹/₈ inches)
The secrétaire section is lined in green baize and fitted with eight pigeon-holes and four drawers.
Display cabinets glazed on three sides are extremely rare. A further example with slightly less high-quality veneers, but probably from the same workshop, is illustrated in ‘The Dictionary of English Furniture’ and was exhibited at the English Decorative Art exhibition at Lansdowne House, London, in 1929. A virtually identical secrétaire cabinet, but glazed only at the front, was advertised by Owen Evan-Thomas Ltd. in Apollo magazine in October 1938.
Date: 1770
Period: 1750-1850, 18th century
Origin: England
Medium: Mahogany
Dimension: 219.5 x 108 x 46 cm (86³/₈ x 42¹/₂ x 18¹/₈ inches)
Literature: Blanche Gordon-Lennox, English Decorative Art at Lansdowne House, 1929, pl. LXXVI, Apollo, October 1938, appendix I.
Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, revised edition, 1954, vol. I, p. 151, fig. 59.
The Antique Dealers’ Fair and Exhibition handbook’, 1954, p. 43.
Ronald Phillips Ltd
18th Century and Early 19th Century English Furniture, Objets d’Art, Glass, Clocks and Barometers
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