A George I figured walnut and feather banded secretaire cabinet, circa 1720, the cavetto moulded cornice above a pair of moulded and mirror inset doors, enclosing an arrangement of twelve drawers, the lower section with a fall front drawer opening to a tooled leather inset writing surface and an arrangement of pigeon holes and small drawers, above two short and two long graduated drawers, on turned bun feet, 187.5cm high, 113cm wide, 52.5cm deep For a closely related example of cabinet see, Christie's, New York, Important English Furniture, 13th April 2000, Lot 176 ($11,162). Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Some old chips, splits and small losses. Handles and escutcheons are replacements but have age and are in keeping with period taste. Locks are 19th century replacements. A key is present but only operates the lock to the doors. Some fillets of later timber surrounding the lock plate to the fall. Section of moulding to bottom of one door is detached but present. Some small amounts of filler used in places. Some sections of moulding re-stuck. Leather inset surface is later. Some ink/dark marks to interior of fall. Securing catches to fall are later. Some small section of replacement veneer to drawer front where previous handels/escutcheons sat. Feet are later associated. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer