Lot 345
GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND KINGWOOD FALL FRONT SECRETAIRE
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Auction: 23 October 2013 at 12:00 BST
£1,688
Description
the rectangular top with moulded outset square corners over a long frieze drawer, above a fall front opening to an arrangement of pigeon holes and drawers with a green baize writing surface; the lower part with a cupboard door opening to shelves, all outlined in checquer stringing, raised on square tapered legs ending in brass caps and castors
Dimensions
76cm wide, 128cm high, 41cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Illustrated, Christopher Claxton Stevens and Stewart Whittington, '18th Century English Furniture / The Norman Adams Collection', p. 125