Live Auction 16217The Eric Albada Jelgersma Collection Sale
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND EAST INDIAN SATINWOOD BREAKFRONT SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE
Lot 639

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND EAST INDIAN SATINWOOD BREAKFRONT SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE

CIRCA 1790

Closed7 December 2018

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GBP 20,000

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND EAST INDIAN SATINWOOD BREAKFRONT SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE
CIRCA 1790
The pierced scrolling crest inlaid with flowerheads, above a dentilled frieze and four astragal-glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves above four slides, the base with three secretaire drawers, enclosing fitted interiors with satinwood drawers and ivory handles, above a central arched filing cabinet with tambour doors, flanked by panelled doors enclosing drawers, on splayed feet, the drawer locks stamped 'I * BRAMAH'
112 ½ in. (284.5 cm.) high; 114 ½ in. (291 cm.) wide; 23 ½ in. (60 cm.) deep

Acquired from Axel Vervoordt N. V., ‘S-Gravenwezel, Belgium, 1987.

Specialist note

Elements of the design of the present secretaire-bookcase recall the work of Thomas Sheraton. A swan neck cresting on a breakfront secretaire-bookcase, for example, appears in The Cabinet-Maker’s London Book of Prices, the design attributed to Shearer. The interior arrangement of drawers recalls exactly an arrangement in the same publication. (See E. White, Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Designs, Woodbridge, 1990, p. 230).