€3,000 - €5,000
AN IRISH GEORGE III INLAID MAHOGANY LARGE SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE, with broken pediment and scroll rosette terminals, centred by carved eagle, above twin astragal doors opening to a shelved interior, the base fitted with a fall-front secretaire drawer formed as three short cockbeaded dummy drawers with inlaid decoration, opening to a compartmented interior and baise lined writing surface, above twin cupboard drawers, raised on splayed bracket feet. 245cm high, 129cm wide, 58cm deep Provenance: The crest on the pediment is that of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford and Dukes of Somerset. Formerly in the collection of Col. Sharman-Crawford, sale James King Auctioneer, Crawfordsburn House, Co. Down, 14 to 18 April 1947, lot 127 (illustrated in the back drawing room). With New Abbey Antiques, (Anne MacHenry) Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, 1968, where acquired
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