AN AUSTRALIAN CEDAR SECRETAIRE CHEST, CIRCA 1835
AN AUSTRALIAN CEDAR SECRETAIRE CHEST, CIRCA 1835Estimate $10,000 – $15,000
- Lot Sold $24,000 (Hammer Price)
- $28,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
the rectangular top above a stepped front with a generous secretaire drawer in the form of two short dummy drawers, enclosing a leather writing surface and an arrangement of drawers, pigeon holes and a central compartment with door and secret drawer, above three long graduated drawers with turned knobs flanked by reeded columns and raised on ball feet; 126CM WIDE, 164CM DEEP, 120CM HIGH;
PROVENANCE John Buttsworth
REFERENCE Australian Colonial Furniture, A Guidebook by John Buttsworth Collection, 1987, page 82, plate 36.