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Scriptor

Category

Furniture

Date

circa 1700

Materials

Floral marquetry inlaid walnut, oak and deal construction, brass

Measurements

1652 x 1130 x 500 mm

Place of origin

London

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Collection

Dyrham, Gloucestershire

NT 453116

Summary

A marquetry inlaid secretaire on chest or scriptor on chest, English, circa 1700 The upper section with a moulded cornice and cushion frieze drawer above a hinged fall enclosing a fitted interior, the lower section with two short and two long drawers raised on later bracket feet. The whole inlaid with floral marquetry designs, the fall having an oval panel. Brass fittings replaced. Illustrated in Symonds, R.W. 'Old English walnut and lacquer furniture' Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1923 plate XII For a very similar example see: Bowett, Adam 'English Furniture 1660-1714' ACC 2002 pg. 211

Provenance

Frank Halliwell purchased it from Hart of Dover who held it on behalf of Mrs Hatry, after the crash of 1930, the fraudulent Clarence Hatry having bought it from M. Harris the owner in 1923, when illustrated plate X11 by Symonds in old English Walnut and Lacquer Furniture.

References

Bowett 2002: Adam Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714, 2002, pg.211 Symonds, R. W. (Robert Wemyss), 1889-1958. Old English walnut & lacquer furniture : MCMXXIII [1923]., plate xii

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