Antique English Pine Secretary With Brass Knobs | Ca. 1850s

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An English country pine bureau in the Georgian tradition, with the classic slant-front form that opens onto a working writing … Read more An English country pine bureau in the Georgian tradition, with the classic slant-front form that opens onto a working writing surface above an arrangement of two short over two long drawers. The fall-front folds down on brass butt hinges and rests on a pair of slim pull-out lopers, revealing a fitted interior with six small drawers arranged in stacks of two, a single drawer at center, and a row of pigeonholes for letters and ledgers behind a hand-cut scalloped valance. The original turned brass mushroom knobs remain in place throughout, and the case rests on a simple plinth base.

The piece carries the warm honey color that English pine takes on after stripping and waxing, with the open knotty grain on full view and the kind of casual cottage character that has made stripped pine a perennial favorite for studies, guest rooms, and entryways. The compact footprint makes it usable in tight spaces, while the fall-front gives you genuine writing depth when open, with the lopers carrying the weight cleanly. Inside, the scalloped valance and graduated cubbies offer the kind of organized small-scale storage that suits a working desk for correspondence, bill paying, or as a station for a laptop tucked behind a closed front.

A practical and characterful piece of English country furniture, equally at home in a traditional cottage interior or as a softening counterpoint in a more refined room.

Previously in the inventory of Prince of Wales Antiques in Cheshire, Connecticut, a long-established dealer in English and Irish country furniture.

39 wide x 43 high x 18.5 deep See less