A GEORGE I BURR WALNUT SECRETAIRE CHEST ON CHEST

A GEORGE I BURR WALNUT SECRETAIRE CHEST ON CHEST

C.1720 AND LATER

with canted and fluted corners, the upper section with a moulded cornice above three short and three graduated long drawers, the lower section with a secretaire drawer with pigeonholes, drawers and secret drawers, above two short and two graduated long drawers, on ogee bracket feet, the drawers with carved swag and flowerhead handles, gilt brass escutcheons and feather banding
180cm high, 107.3cm, 58cm deep

Provenance

The family collection formed at Well Head House, Halifax, Yorkshire.

Catalogue Note

A chest on chest with slight differences to its brassware and feet, but of otherwise identical form and size, was sold at Christie's, London, 8th July 1999, lot 64. Related examples, with or without secretaire drawers, are illustrated in S. Whittington and C. Claxton Stevens, 18th Century Furniture: The Norman Adams Collection , London, 1989, p.368 and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1954, vol.2, pp.42-43, and vol.1, p.140. A secretaire chest on chest with the trade label of Daniel Wild, at the Golden Ball, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, is illustrated on p.469 of C. Gilbert (ed.), Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, London, 1996, p.469.