Beschreibung:

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE WRITING-TABLE with rectangular gree leather-lined top above five simulated drawers around a central arched kneehole, all extending, the top three falling to form a secretaire and enclosing an interior of two levels, the upper fitted with four drawers and six pigeon-holes above a hinged green leather-lined writing surface, the lower level with a well flanked by six hinged lidded wells each inlaid with four ebonised alphabet letters on a beech ground, on square tapering fluted legs and lotus-carved block feet, minor restorations, the front middle legs repaired, the underside of one drawer inscribed indistinctly in pencil with manufacturing prices 50¼in. (127.5cm.) wide; 34½in. (87.5cm.) high; 30½in. (77.5cm.) deep, closed and 52½in. (133cm.) deep, open