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A Petit Satinwood Bookcase in the Neo-Classical Style
A Petit Satinwood Bookcase in the Neo-Classical Style
Dimensions: H: 79 in / 200 cm | W: 29 in / 74 cm | D: 15 in / 38 cm
PRICE: £15,500
A Petit Bookcase in the Manner of the Adam Brothers
Constructed in Satinwood, with cross banding, and polychrome hand painted decoration; rising from tapering spade feet, the incurved lower section having a lockable cupboard door, extensively painted with a central trophy set about with swags and foliates, enclosing a shelved interior; a single drawer in the frieze dressed with addorsed griffins, and further foliate swags; fitted with a secretaire drawer, over, two glazed doors each with seven pane astragals enclose a shelved interior, and surmounted by a broken arch pediment. Circa 1880
Published in ‘British Furniture 1820 to 1920’ by Christopher Payne, 2023, p. 387, illustrated fig. 7.106
Published in ‘British Furniture 1820 to 1920’ by Christopher Payne, 2023, p. 387, illustrated fig. 7.106
Adam Brothers
James & Robert Adam were the first English designers to advocate an integrated style for architecture and interiors; with walls, ceilings, fireplaces, furniture, fixtures, fittings and carpets as a single uniform scheme. Their espousement of the Palladian style defined the Neo-Classism of the last quarter of the 18th Century. Sir John Soane’s Museum in Lincoln’s Inn, London, houses some four thousand of their watercolour designs.
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