A Dutch burr-elm bureau cabinet

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A Dutch burr-elm bureau cabinet
Early 18th Century
The arched waved moulded top above a pair of arched doors with shaped rectangular raised panels, enclosing a fitted interior with an adjustable shelf above a further shelf, above five open compartments, above a central door flanked to either side by an open compartment and by four bow-fronted drawers, above a pair of candle-slides, the central section with a central door enclosing a plain interior flanked to either side by a column fronted compartment and three open compartments above four variously-sized teak lined drawers, above a well and a green baize-lined writing-surface, the base section with two short drawers above two long drawers, the sides with carrying-handles, on shaped bracket feet, restorations
227cm. high x 117cm. wide x 59cm. deep

Sale room notice

This bureau cabinet has amboyna veneers and not as stated in the catalogue. The drawer-linings are mainly padouk.

Lot Essay

The use of golden burr-yew veneers was quite rare in early 18th Century Dutch cabinet-making, when burr-walnut was more frequently employed following the British furniture-making. This elegant bureau-cabinet, which is one of the finer examples of Dutch cabinet-making in that period, not only stands out through the use of costly veneers, but also due to the attractive interiors of the superstructure and the cantral section and the use of teak in the drawer-linings.

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