Secrétaire
Category
Furniture
Date
1695 - 1710
Materials
Walnut, oak and deal construction brass handles
Measurements
159.3 x 121.5 x 50.3 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1398513
Summary
A walnut and feather banded writing cabinet on chest or escritoire, English, circa 1700 The top section with a molded cornice and cushion frieze drawer above a hinged fall enclosing an arrangement of twelve drawers and four pigeon holes around a cupboard door enclosing three further small drawers. The fall with an adjustable reading slope. The lower section with two short and two long drawers raised on five turned bun feet.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)