A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SECRETAIRE CHEST

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SECRETAIRE CHEST

CHIPPENDALE PERIOD, C.1770

the secretaire drawer with outline mouldings, the interior with pigeon holes and drawers and a later leather lined writing surface revealing a hinged compartment, above two short and three long drawers, all with original brass swan neck handles with leaf decoration, flanked by stop fluted pilasters on shaped bracket feet

108.5cm high, 115.2cm wide, 56cm deep

Provenance

Purchased from Mill House Antiques, Halfway Bridge, Nr. Petworth, 10th May 1978, for £3,500.

The Property of a Private Collector.