A GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT BREAKFRONT SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE

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$ 132 300
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23.10.2022 10:00UTC -04:00
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Лот 567 | A GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT BREAKFRONT SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT BREAKFRONT SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE

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 1/4 in. ( 282.6 cm.) high, 87 1/2 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.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



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