CHARLES ROBERT ASHBEE (1863-1942)
Secretaire Cabinet, circa 1900
executed by The Guild of Handicraft, England
satinwood, stained wood, glass, the central fall-front with a central enameled hand-embossed copper panel of a galleon under sail, flanked by further enameled panels of flowers, the reverse with a baize-lined writing surface, enclosing pantry, inkwell apertures and an arrangements of pigeonholes and open shelves
68 11/16 in. (174.5 cm.) high, 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm.) wide, 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) deep
CHARLES ROBERT ASHBEE (1863-1942)
Secretaire Cabinet, circa 1900
executed by The Guild of Handicraft, England
satinwood, stained wood, glass, the central fall-front with a central enameled hand-embossed copper panel of a galleon under sail, flanked by further enameled panels of flowers, the reverse with a baize-lined writing surface, enclosing pantry, inkwell apertures and an arrangements of pigeonholes and open shelves
68 11/16 in. (174.5 cm.) high, 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm.) wide, 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) deep