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George III secretaire

Maker

(designer)
1728-1792

Title

George III secretaire

Date of Production

1770 - 1780

Medium

medium : material : wood (mahogany and satinwood)

Accession Number

F.1932.SC.15

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Label Text

This knee-hole writing table was in Samuel Courtauld’s drawing-room at Home House, Portman Square.

The designer of this writing table adopted the semi-circular form, more usually associated with commodes or chests of drawers. The inlay of exotic woods, employing motifs from classical antiquity newly popularised by recent exploration and archaeology, is typical of British neoclassical furniture.

Provenance

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