Antique English Walnut and Mahogany Secretaires
English Walnut and Mahogany Secretaires
A William and Mary period fall-front secretaire cabinet on chest in walnut. c. 1690. The heavy mouldings in cross grained walnut, convex cushion drawer, and bun feet show the Dutch influence of William’s reign. The piece is veneered in fairly straight grained English walnut without much figure and shows herring-bone inlay around the panel in the fall as well as herring-bone cross banding on the drawers. The handles are of correct period style and may be original. Note that the veneer on the fall front is quartered, like chest tops of the period.
Price Range: $300-$400 Value points: See section notes
The walnut fall front secretaire of the previous photograph shown open. Note the continuation of the drawer front style within, where herring-bone cross banding and simple half-round or ‘D’ mouldings echo the exterior arrangement. All the drawers in the piece are oak lined, even the convex fronted cushion drawer under the top moulding, which is a shallow drawer the full width of the piece. These fall front secretaries, although often finely made and exhibiting all the merits of their period decoratively, are not as popular as normal bureaux due to their size and lack of space under the fall when closed - we are all untidy with our papers and one cannot just drop them into the space under the fall on this piece, for it does not exist:
Price Range: $300-V400
Not a renegade from the chest section but a George I period secretaire tallboy in walnut veneer. The top drawer front of the bottom chest falls forward to reveal secretaire fittings such as pigeonholes and small drawers for use as a writing piece. Otherwise the features are common to those of tallboys of the period i. e. herringbone cross banding, chamfered and reeded sides to the top half and a sunburst in the bottom drawers inlaid in boxwood and ebony.
Price Range: F250-E350
Value points: See section notes
A mahogany secretaire -bookcase of c. 1790 reflecting more of the Sheraton nomenclature in its squarer lines. The latticed glazed doors and simple top moulding reflect a more refined style. The top drawer of the chest section falls to reveal a secretaire. The feet are of the tapering, slightly splayed type with curved apron attributed to Hepplewhite/Sheraton but probably more simply in the then current taste.
Price Range: F400-Z500
Value points: See section notes Satinwood
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