Surmounted by a swan-necked pediment centered by a vase pedestal, the terminals of the pediment scrolls are inlaid with eight-point stars, the dentilled cornice and simulated fluted frieze executed in amaranth, with four cabinet doors divided by geometric glazing bars strung with boxwood and ebony chequer-banding, over a central serpentine drawer section with canted corners, the top drawer opening to reveal an escritoire with a green baize covered writing-slide, over three further graduated long drawers, flanked by cross-banded cupboard doors to each side, each with an adjustable shelf, altogether on a plinth base, the reverse applied with an old inventory label from Arthur S. Vernay, Inc.
102 in. (259.1 cm.) high, 86 in. (218.4 cm.) wide, 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep

The Collection of Baroness Bonner.
With Arthur S. Vernay, Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by Robert Cluett, Jr. (1869-1951), New York.
Sold, Furnishings from the Apartment of Robert Cluett, Jr., 990 Fifth Avenue, New York; Anderson Galleries, New York, 26 May 1932, lot 83.
Re-acquired from the above sale by Arthur S. Vernay, Inc., New York.
Supplied by Vernay to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, likely for their period rooms, 1 June 1933 (object no. 33-254).
Sold, Property of the William Nelson Trust; Christie's, New York, 24 January 1992, lot 283 (when catalogued as 19th century).
With Jonathan Harris, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

F. Lewis Hinckley, Directory of the Historic Cabinet Woods, New York, 1960, p. 95, fig. 43.
F. Lewis Hinckley, The More Significant Georgian Furniture, New York, 1989, p. 94, fig. 155, pl. 74.

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This beautiful satinwood bookcase shares many similarities with a bookcase illustrated in Macquoid's The Age of Satinwood which is said to have belonged to Queen Charlotte, suggesting they must certainly from the same workshop (1904, pp. 198-199, fig. 181).