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Desks, Bureaux and Bookcases
English antique pedestal and partners desks, writing tables, breakfront and cupboard base bookcases, secretaries, bureau bookcases, bureau plat, and bureau cabinets

 

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George III satinwood secretaire bookcase of breakfront outline in the manner of Gillows. The bookcase portion with brass grillwork before shelves and fabric-lined interior. The drawers flanking a central secretaire drawer, above four fielded panel cupboard doors, all supported by toupie feet.

Circa 1790
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Early George III period mahogany bookcase. The upper section with pediment centred on an urn, above astragal glazed doors. The lower section with a pair of well-figured panel doors opening to shelves, all supported by ogee-shaped bracket feet.

Circa 1760
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George III period figured mahogany and satinwood banded secretaire press. The upper section with scrolling pediment and urn-form finial, above a pair of oval panelled doors, opening to reveal four sliding shelves. The centre section with hinged secretaire drawer with fitted writing surface and small drawers. The bottom portion with conforming oval panelled doors, opening to reveal three long drawers, all raised on bracket feet.

Circa 1790
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George I walnut bureau cabinet. The cabinet is surmounted by a broken swan neck pediment, with the mirrored doors enclosing a cabinet fitted witth divisions, drawers, and pigeon holes. The fall front bureau opens to drawers, pigeon holes, and 'secret' drawers, above a well.

Circa 1720
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George III satinwood secretaire-cabinet, crossbanded overall in tulipwood, the rectangular top above a pair of circular-panelled doors enclosing a fitted interior, above a secretaire drawer enclosing further drawers and pigeon-holes, all above three drawers surmonting ormolu paw feet.

Circa 1790
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George III period mahogany and astragal glazed corner cabinet. The ogee cornice above a diapered frieze. The glazed doors above a lower cabinet portion with a pair of doors with astragal fielded panels. With interior lights.

Circa 1790
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Regency period mahogany compactum of large size. Flame figured doors with astragal mouldings below an ogee cornice, open to four interior trays, surmounting two small and three long graduated drawers, all with original handles, terminating in reeded bun feet.

Circa 1820
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A George II style red Japanned secretary cabinet. The later decoration of chinoiserie and exotica to the exterior and to the fitted interior of the bureau and the cabinet portion. The carcase basically 18th century, with the interiors of both bureau and cabinet altered probably at the time of decoration.

Mid 18th century, substantially altered in the early 20th century
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George I period double domed red japanned bureau cabinet. The mirrored doors and the fall front bureau reveal a fitted, japanned interior.

Circa 1720, the japanning 19th century
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George II mahogany 'bachelor's chest' with secretaire drawer and original rococo gilt brass handles.

Attributed to Thomas Chippendale.

Circa 1755
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Regency period mahogany partners’ desk. The pedestals with drawers with later swan-neck pulls on one side, with reverse frieze drawers and cupboards below.

Circa 1810
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William IV period mahogany desk. The well-figured top and drawer fronts with original rosewood knobs and locks, the drawer linings all of mahogany, with mahogany beading, all supported by a plinth base. The frieze drawers all stamped "GILLOW."

Circa 1835
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George III kneehole desk of harewood, with mahogany crossbanding, boxwood and ebony stringing, bellflower swags and floral marquetry. The design is derived from the pattern for a bureau table, illustrated as plate XLII in the 1762 pattern book by Ince and Mayhew, Universal System of Household Furniture.

Circa 1790
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George II burl walnut bureau of small size. The well-figured fall and drawer fronts with original hardware open to reveal a stepped interior, with a well.

Circa 1730
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Regency period mahogany partners' writing table of unusually large size. The top with three inset panels of buff colored leather with gilt-edge embossing, above three frieze drawers to each side.

Circa 1820
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Late 19th Century kingwood and ormolu mounted bureau plat, in the style of Louis XVI. The top, frieze, drawer fronts, and legs crossbanded in mahogany.

Attributed to Donald Ross of Denmark Hill, and probably sold by Edwards and Roberts

Circa 1880
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Chappell & McCullar Contemporary Classics - Riesener Table. Flat sided rectangular table supported on four straight legs, square in section with indented corners. The table is fitted with a single drawer shaped along the lower edge and centered with a rectangular veneered panel of mahogany, edged with double filets of ebony and satinwood and banded with ebony.
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Chappell & McCullar Contemporary Classics - Large Riesener Table. Flat sided rectangular table supported on four straight legs. The table is fitted with a single frieze drawer shaped along the lower edge and centered with a rectangular veneered panel of ebony, edged with double filets of ebony and satinwood and banded with satinwood.
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