Attributed to THOMAS CHIPPENDALE (1718-1779) - Receive artist alerts » - More items from this artist »

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269.00cm wide    288.00cm high    67.50cm deep (105.91 inches wide  113.39 inches high  26.57 inches deep)

By repute, Dr. Harrison of York;
M. Harris and Sons, London;
Colonel Albert Pierce.

Ralph Edwards and Percy Macquoid, ‘The Dictionary of English Furniture’, London, 1954, rev. ed., 3 vols., vol. I, p. 90, fig.30. and p. 93.

Price: £50,000 +

An outstanding quality and exceedingly rare breakfront library bookcase incorporating a pedestal desk of beautiful faded colour having a fretted arcaded cornice supporting four carved urns above four astragal glazed doors enclosing a cream moire silk interior with glass shelves above panelled doors with carved paterae in each corner revealing four graduated drawers with original swan neck handles each side and a central pull out pedestal desk with long drawers having a baize lined slide and fitted drawers above a bank of three graduated drawers each side with ornate lifting handles and original swan neck handles to the front; on a moulded plinth base.

Note: Glass shelves and lining of later date, the original wood shelves have been retained.