Live Auction 16424Property from the Estate of Eugene V. Thaw
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-CABINET
Lot 243

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-CABINET

POSSIBLY BY WILLIAM HALLETT, CIRCA 1750

Closed30 October 2018

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-CABINET
POSSIBLY BY WILLIAM HALLETT, CIRCA 1750
With voluted scroll neck pediment above a door centered by scrolling sheaves and now with astragal bars probably replacing mirror glazing, enclosing adjustable shelves, the lower portion with a fall front, pull-out secretaire drawer enclosing pigeon holes and a leather writing surface, above three graduated long drawers, on bracket feet, the reverse inscribed twice in yellow chalk E2637/THAW, restorations
94 in. (239 cm.) high, 34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) wide, 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) deep

Specialist note

This George II mahogany cabinet is possibly by the royal cabinet-maker William Hallett based on several stylistic features. A cabinet currently with (August 2018) Ronald Phillips Antiques, described as "without doubt from the Hallett Workshop," shares the same use of carved acanthus and a tablet with identical raised scrolling sheaves above a horizontal band of repeat wave carvings. Another similar secretaire by William Hallett was in the collection of Percival D. Griffiths at Sandridgebury (see R. W. Symonds, ‘English Furniture from Charles II to George II’, 1929, pl. 209).