£2,000
Auction: Design Since 1860
oak with painted polychrome panel and brass fittings, with key
Provenance: From The Millinery Works Collection.
Literature: Cooper J. Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors Thames & Hudson, 1987, p. 360
Gere, C. and Whiteway M. Nineteenth Century Design Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993, p. 87 which illustrates Shaw's celebrated secretaire exhibited at the 1862 International Exhibition, South Kensington, with the same turned columns and paired Gothic arches as the current example.