λ A Regency mahogany secretaire

λ A Regency mahogany secretaire, with a brass three quarter gallery above a nulled frieze and acanthus carved corbels flanking a panelled hinged lift-up front revealing pigeon holes and four drawers with ivory handles, to a slide-out drawer fitted with a leather lined writing slope, two leather lined sliding covers with a pen tray, inkwell compartments and a lift-out tray with a Barron's patent brass lock, which locks the fall and drawer, on reeded downswept legs united by a turned stretcher on brass caps and castors, 129.5cm high, 110.5cm wide, 58.4cm deep.

This piece is similar to one illustrated in the Repository of the Arts, January 1810

Provenance: Phillip's 9th April, 1990, Lot 193.