A FINE GEORGE III MAHOGANY BUREAU BOOKCASE IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1770 The architectural cornice above a pair of geometrically glazed and mirrored panelled doors, each enclosing three adjustable slides, the lower section with a hinged slope enclosing a fitted interior with eight variously sized mahogany lined small drawers and four pigeon holes flanking a central cupboard with a drawer, inscribed in chalk to the reverse 'MK 936 1' 250cm high, 130cm wide, 60cm deep Provenance:Christie's London, Important English Furniture (6433), 5th April 2001, lot 182 (￡8,225 incl. BP).The existence of mirrors on glazed bureau-bookcases of this date is somewhat unusual. However, the presence of small mirrored ovals on the famous 'violin' bookcase now at Wilton House, Salisbury, Wiltshire and almost certainly supplied by Thomas Chippendale for Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke (d. 1794), between 1763-1773, suggests that the central oval panel was possibly originally fitted with a mirror (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, fig. 66). A further example with a mirrored door exists at Aske Hall, Yorkshire, and was possibly the one invoiced by Thomas Chippendale in 1764 and described as 'a Mahogany Chest of drawers with a Desk drawer and bookcase with a Scrol Pediment top and Looking Glass ￡26' (Gilbert, ibid., vol. II, fig. 87).

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