An early George III mahogany secretaire bookcase

in the manner of Giles Grendey

The rectangular egg and dart and dentil moulded cornice above a pair of shaped bevelled later glazed doors, with egg and dart moulded slips enclosing two adjustable shelves, above a secretaire drawer enclosing a central arched panelled door enclosing a small drawer flanked by ten pigeonholes and six drawers above a pair of shaped panelled doors with egg and dart moulding on later ogee bracket feet, 122cm wide, 46cm deep, 238cm high.

• Two mahogany cabinets with similar cartouche shaped panels, bearing the label of Giles Grendey, Clerkenwell, London are illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture,1996, pp. 240-241, pls. 432 and 433.