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SIGNED BY A. EVANS, 1774, POSSIBLY FOR THOMAS CHIPPENDALE The shelved superstructure with laminated panels of Chinese paling and a Vitruvian scroll gallery, the secretaire drawer with leather-lined writing-surface and an arrangement of pigeon holes and mahogany-lined drawers, above four graduated drawers with rocaille bail handles, on panelled bracket feet with wooden castors, signed under one small drawer 'A.EVANS 1774', with short-grain kickers, red wash and laminated blocks, two keys, the handles apparently original 66 in. (168 cm.) high; 23 in. (58 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep
This elegant secretaire relates to cabinets of the same form by Thomas Chippendale (d. 1779). In 1764, Chippendale supplied two secretaires to Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt. (d. 1781), each surmounted by a lattice-work bookshelf: one was sold by Lawrence Dundas, Marquess of Zetland, Christie's, London, 26 April 1934, lot 112 (bought by Malletts). The other is at Aske Hall, Yorkshire, now lacking its upper section, described as 'a fine open Bookshelf on top' (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, fig. 94 and vol. I, p. 159). This secretaire, with its Vitruvian scroll pierced fret-work and ball finials most closely resembles one formerly at Hornby Castle, Yorkshire (illustrated R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, eds., The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1954, vol. I, p. 152, fig. 60). To date, ‘A. Evans 1774’ cannot be identified with any certainty, although it is interesting to note that in 1758, the London carver, Thomas Vardy (1751-88), brother to John, who designed furniture for Lord Spencer at Spencer House, Green Park and Althorp, Northants., took as an apprentice ‘Aubrey Evans’ (https://bifmo.history.ac.uk/entry/vardy-or-vardie-thomas-1751-88. Accessed 3 October 2019.