Chippendale Period Mahogany Secretaire Breakfront Bookcase
£29,500.00
Circa 1765
An Important Chippendale Period Mahogany Secretaire Breakfront Bookcase
Height: 103.5” (8.6 feet), 263 cms / Width: 97.25” (8.1 feet), 247 cms / Depth: 23.25”, 59 cms
No: 11166
An important Chippendale Period Mahogany Secretaire Breakfront Bookcase. The cornice has an ogee-shaped moulding above a dentil frieze and a concave moulding over four thirteen-pane astragal glazed doors. The centre cupboard has a central divide allowing shelves either side of it to be differently adjusted. Each door encloses 4 adjustable shelves, the base with a central secretaire and cupboards opening to reveal sliding trays. They are flanked by 5 graduated drawers on each side. The whole is raised on a plinth base.
Circa 1765
Price: £29,500-00p.
Note: The quality of the mahogany in both its figuring and grain is exceptional and the workmanship throughout is quite extraordinary. The 13-pane astragal glazing to the upper section doors is taken directly from Chippendale’s “The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker’s Director”, 3rd. edition, Plate XCI dating from 1753 and the layout of a central base cupboard flanked by drawers is seen in Plate XC,
Height: 103.5” (8.6 feet), 263 cms / Width: 97.25” (8.1 feet), 247 cms / Depth: 23.25”, 59 cms
- Lit: For identical handles see “Dumfries House A Chippendale Commission” Vol II Page 123, Lot 251, Christie’s.
- Christopher Gilbert “The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale”,
- Vol I, Colour illustration 16 “Two drawer fronts, 1766 and 1771 mounted with one of Chippendale’s favourite “wrought brass” handle patterns, Nostell Priory.
- Vol II, Page 134 figs 239 & 240.
- Also Page 146, Fig 263
Delivery in the UK mainland is included in the marked price.
