Butchoff Antiques

est 1964
19th-century and 18th-century English and Continental furniture, mirrors, objects d'art, clocks
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A Stylish Secretaire Bookcase in the Hepplewhite Manner (England)
Item Stock Code

7154

European Dimensions

94.00 cm wide 212.00 cm high 49.00 cm deep

UK/USA Converted Dimensions

37.01 inches wide 83.46 inches high 19.29 inches deep

Item Literature

Plate 44 In Hepplewhite’s ‘Upholsterers & Cabinet Makers Guide’ of 1794 shows a bookcase of virtually identical form.

Item Description / Dealer Expertise

Constructed in Satinwood, with polychrome decoration utilising neo-classical motifs from the oeuvre of Pergolesi: rising from swept bracket feet, the lower section with four graduated drawers fitted with ring pulls, the top drawer having a fall front revealing a fitted secretaire, with a tooled writing surface, and pigeonholes; over, thirteen pane astragal doors, the interior with bookshelves; over, a domed cornice flanked by waisted urns.

Status

FOR SALE