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Chippendale Period Mahogany Secretaire Breakfront Bookcase
£29,500 $39,474 €34,412
No: 11166
An important Chippendale Period Mahogany Secretaire Breakfront Bookcase, the cornice with an ogee shaped moulding above a dentil frieze and a concave moulding over four thirteen pane astragal glazed doors, the centre cupboard with 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, 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 quality of 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 i...s seen in Plate XC,
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
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Internal Reference: 11166
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1090191
Dateline of this antique is 18th Century
Height is 263cm (103.5inches)Width is 247cm (97.2inches)Depth is 59cm (23.2inches)
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Antique SA1090191 shown on this page was made in the 18th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd
Specialists in 17th-18th and early 19th century Fine English Furniture, Art, Clocks and other Objets d'art
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Oxfordshire
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