Secrétaire chest
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Feather banded walnut, oak and deal construction, brass handles
Measurements
172 x 110 x 51 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453090
Summary
A walnut and feather banded secretaire on chest or scriptor on chest, English, circa 1700 The upper section with moulded cornice and cushion moulded frieze drawer above a fall enclosing a fitted interior of eleven drawers around a cupboard door and three pairs of pigeon holes. The lower section with two short and two long drawers, raised on later bun feet.
Provenance
Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works and given to Dyrham Park in 1961.