A Fine George III Mahogany Bow-Front Bureau Bookcase

circa 1800, two part form, mahogany veneer, deal and white pine secondary, the bookcase featuring a reeded and ogee molded cornice above a vertically veneered frieze above two hinged cabinet doors with shaped molded mullions, louvered shelved interior, the bureau with pull-out fall front butler's desk featuring a rare single central small drawer set within the fall-front lid, conforming bow-front interior with satinwood and ebony featuring four valanced pigeonholes, prospect door, eleven small drawers, green baize writing surface, above two hinged bow-front cabinet doors (upper and lower cabinet doors with reeded brass edge trim), opening to reveal a rare configuration of an upper small drawer above a decanter/cellarette deep drawer flanked by two open compartments raised on shaped straight bracket feet.
90 x 45 x 22.5 in.
Note the rarity of this form incorporating multiple elements seen on other secretaries but brought together on this impressive object.
Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Two glass panes with cracks; top with bureau with marring, scrapes and wear; later green baize writing surface; sun fading to butler's drawer and cabinet doors; wear and marring to side of cases.