An Anglo-Indian Carved Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, mid-19th century
81-1/4 x 46-1/2 x 17 inches (206.4 x 118.1 x 43.2 cm)

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CLINT STIFF, DALLAS

The secretary bookcase with intricate, open-work Gothic motif carved throughout, surmounted by a entablature with dental and quatrefoil decoration, reticulated doors with brass handles open to a slender, mirrored interior with a shelf, flanking Palladian-style doors, each opening to a slender compartment, above a drop-front desk with leather writing surface and mirrored interior, above four short drawers, with flanking stepped columned shelves with carved stork motif to the lower shelves and architectural base with reticulated apron, raised on casters.

Minor scratches and wear to the flanking shelves from the installation of new hardware and use, minor missing flakes to the sides, reattachement of the ogee to one of the left shelves, loss of some silvering to the mirrored interior, light cracking to verso, missing a caster thus the bookcase does not sit flush.