18th Century George II Bureau Bookcase with Mirrored Doors

Early 18th Century George I two-door mahogany bookcase with a triumphal-arched and Ionic wave-scrolled temple pediment featuring dentilled and acanthus leaf detailing as well as a ca...

18th Century George II walnut and parcel-gilt mirror. The rectangular and bevelled plate within an eared rectangular frame. Surmounted by a moulded cornice with swan's neck cresting ...

George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase. Having 4 Oak Lined Graduated Drawers with Original Brassware. The Fall Opening to reveal an arrangement of Serpentine Shaped Drawers a Mirrored Ce...

A very impressive mahogany bureau cabinet / bookcase / secretary*, with secret compartments. In the manner of Giles Grendey (1693-1780). In mahogany and parcel gilt. Mid-18th century, George II period. This English bureau cabinet displays fine, deep, rich colour and superb surface patination throughout. The top section with a broken-arch pediment and dentil cornice. The frieze well carved with Gothic arcaded blind fretwork. Centred by a later urn-shaped finial. The cabinet with two carved parcel-gilt gesso bordered ogee shaped doors. Old but apparently later mirror plates enclosing a fitted interior with eight drawers and adjustable shelves. The cleated fall, with its original lock, now fitted with a wine red, gilt-tooled writing surface revealing an exceptionally high-quality arrangement of canopied drawers and pigeon holes. The interior is centred by an arched, architectural over door...