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A GEORGE III EBONY-INLAID MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE LIBRARY BOOKCASE
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE CIRCA 1765
A GEORGE III EBONY-INLAID MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE LIBRARY BOOKCASE Attributed to Thomas Chippendale circa 1765 Of stepped breakfront outline, the central section with imbricated and ebony-veneered swan's neck cresting centered by a platform over a fiddleback mahogany cross-grained frieze, the central door with glazing bars centered by a foliate C-scroll cartouche suspended from husk chairs and within an arch and lozenge tablets, the side sections with pierced hexagon-pattern galleries and later draped urn ebony-inlaid finials over glazed doors of a similar arched and lozenge design headed by a clasp, the three doors enclosing mahogany-fronted shelves, the base with a secretaire drawer fitted with a baize-lined double ratchet easel and two mahogany-lined side drawers (one divided) over three long drawers all mounted with original foliate-cast gilt-lacquered handles, flanked by a pair of cut-corner cupboard doors, the whole inlaid in ebony with stylized foliate scrolls, and broad lines in geometric patterns of cut-corner and circular panels, with ebonized-molded base, the hinges of top drawer stamped H. TIBATS, and labeled G. JETLEY/24, BRUTON ST. BERKELEY SQ. WI, the central platform support and finials later, the underside of plinth with yellow wash over an apparently original red wash 99 in. (251.5 cm.) high, 79 in. (199.6 cm.) wide, 24½ in. (62.5 cm.) deep