A REGENCY ROSEWOOD, PADOUK AND PARCEL-GILT SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE banded overall with satinwood, the dentilled frieze above two lace lattice-work doors enclosing later shelves above the secretaire-drawer enclosing a fitted interior of ten mahogany-lined drawers and six pigeon-holes and a blue leather-lined writing-surface, above a pair of panelled doors with gilt lines and on gilt-metal paw feet, the gilding later, the sides with filled holes (see below) | Christie's

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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD, PADOUK AND PARCEL-GILT SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE banded overall with satinwood, the dentilled frieze above two lace lattice-work doors enclosing later shelves above the secretaire-drawer enclosing a fitted interior of ten mahogany-lined drawers and six pigeon-holes and a blue leather-lined writing-surface, above a pair of panelled doors with gilt lines and on gilt-metal paw feet, the gilding later, the sides with filled holes (see below)

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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD, PADOUK AND PARCEL-GILT SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE banded overall with satinwood, the dentilled frieze above two lace lattice-work doors enclosing later shelves above the secretaire-drawer enclosing a fitted interior of ten mahogany-lined drawers and six pigeon-holes and a blue leather-lined writing-surface, above a pair of panelled doors with gilt lines and on gilt-metal paw feet, the gilding later, the sides with filled holes (see below)
42¾in. (108.5cm.) wide; 84½in. (250cm.) deep; 20½in. (52cm.) deep

拍品专文

There are inexplicable plugged holes in the sides of this secretaire which suggest that it may have formed the centre of a larger bookcase at one stage. However, the evidence is far from conclusive and it seems possible that it has now been returned to its original form