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Secretaire Cabinet, circa 1900
Details
CHARLES ROBERT ASHBEE (1863-1942)
Secretaire Cabinet, circa 1900
executed by The Guild of Handicraft, England
satinwood, stained wood, glass, the central fall-front with a central enameled hand-embossed copper panel of a galleon under sail, flanked by further enameled panels of flowers, the reverse with a baize-lined writing surface, enclosing pantry, inkwell apertures and an arrangements of pigeonholes and open shelves
68 11/16 in. (174.5 cm.) high, 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm.) wide, 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) deep
Secretaire Cabinet, circa 1900
executed by The Guild of Handicraft, England
satinwood, stained wood, glass, the central fall-front with a central enameled hand-embossed copper panel of a galleon under sail, flanked by further enameled panels of flowers, the reverse with a baize-lined writing surface, enclosing pantry, inkwell apertures and an arrangements of pigeonholes and open shelves
68 11/16 in. (174.5 cm.) high, 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm.) wide, 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) deep
Provenance
Paul Reeves, London.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above, 1994.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above, 1994.
Literature
J. Hoffmann, Jr., Der Moderne Stil / The Modern Style: Jugendstil Art Nouveau 1899-1905, Stuttgart, 2006, pl. 22 (for related examples).
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