Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 4th October 2023
Lot 265
A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT ESCRITOIRE
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3800
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Description
A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT ESCRITOIRE
C.1690-1700
cross and feather banded, with a cushion frieze drawer above a burr quarter veneered fall revealing three sets of pull-out pigeonholes each revealing a secret compartment, above an arrangement of eleven drawers around a central cupboard door which is fitted with a secret compartment, the interior with a false back which slides to reveal three secret drawers, inset with a later green leather writing surface above two short and two long drawers on later bun feet
165.3cm high, 113.1cm wide, 48.7cm deep
Provenance
Purchased from W.R. Harvey & Co., Witney, Oxon on the 15th March 1997 for £30,000.