ID 1126377
Los 16 | A GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT BREAKFRONT SECRÉTAIRE BOOKCASE
Schätzwert
$ 120 000 – 180 000
ATTRIBUTED TO WRIGHT & ELWICK, CIRCA 1755
The ribbed pagoda crest surmounted by open fret above a fretwork cornice and further shaped pagoda hung with bells, the pair of geometric glazed doors with gilt-carved upper band flanked by similar side sections, the base with carved waist and central secretaire drawer with façade formed as seven small drawers above a curved kneehole and two cabinet doors, each mounted with a cypher and opening to three small drawers, the sides with four tiers of graduating drawers on a foliate-carved plinth base, rebacked, the original backboards retained, two glazed panes inscribed CARNARVON(?), with ink label 22087 to backboards and an indistinct 18th century inscription to the underside of the central plinth, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
111 ¼ in. ( 282.6 cm.) high, 87 ½ in. (222.3 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.4 cm.) deep
Provenance
Possibly commissioned by James Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon and 3rd Duke of Chandos (1731-1789).
Property of a West Coast Collector; Christie's, New York, 19-20 April 1991, lot 295.
The Ann and Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 4; Christie's, New York, 23 October 2022, lot 567.
| Hersteller: | Wright und Elwick |
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| Material: | Mahagoni, Vergoldetes Holz, Naturholz |
| Historische Ära: | Georgianische Periode |
| Herkunftsort: | Nordeuropa, Europa, Vereinigtes Königreich |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Möbel und Lampen, Schränke |
| Hersteller: | Wright und Elwick |
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| Material: | Mahagoni, Vergoldetes Holz, Naturholz |
| Historische Ära: | Georgianische Periode |
| Herkunftsort: | Nordeuropa, Europa, Vereinigtes Königreich |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Möbel und Lampen, Schränke |
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