English Regency mahogany and satinwood two-piece secretary cabinet. Top section having a shaped cornice with an ebonized lion medallion flanked by sphinxes to the center and ebonized lion masks to the corners, over an ebonized Greek key frieze, above two glass paneled doors with oval mullions flanked by columns terminating in paw feet. Lower section having a false drawer panel fitted as a desk with pull-out writing surface, ebonized trim and brass lion mask handles, over two doors with ebonized medallions to the centers and ebonized trim flanked by columns. All resting on ebonized paw feet to the front and bracket feet to the back,
England, late 18th / early 19th century
NOTE very similar design elements (large Greek Key trim, lion's paw feet, masks in the center of the cabinet doors and on the pediment) used on a Secretary and Bookcase (plate 99) in Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book in Four Parts, The Third Edition Revised, 1802
100” H x 51” W x 24” D
