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MID-18TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE-EXPORT ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER BUREAU-CABINET
Mid-18th Century
The moulded pointed cornice with three turned finials, above a wreath and a pair of arched panelled doors, enclosing a fitted interior with pigeon-holes, folio-racks and six small drawers and four longer drawers, above a bureau slope enclosing a well, pigeon-holes and drawers surrounding a central door, flanked to each side by a narrow drawer simulating a book spine, the lower section with two very small drawers above two short drawers and two long drawers, above a lappeted apron, on turned bun feet, the ormolu mounts later, the feet later, restorations, the decoration refreshed, each of the drawers with a Chinese character painted to the underside, the top section lacking some interior drawers
91 in. (231 cm.) high; 42 in. (108 cm.) wide; 24 in. (62 cm.) deep
Mid-18th Century
The moulded pointed cornice with three turned finials, above a wreath and a pair of arched panelled doors, enclosing a fitted interior with pigeon-holes, folio-racks and six small drawers and four longer drawers, above a bureau slope enclosing a well, pigeon-holes and drawers surrounding a central door, flanked to each side by a narrow drawer simulating a book spine, the lower section with two very small drawers above two short drawers and two long drawers, above a lappeted apron, on turned bun feet, the ormolu mounts later, the feet later, restorations, the decoration refreshed, each of the drawers with a Chinese character painted to the underside, the top section lacking some interior drawers
91 in. (231 cm.) high; 42 in. (108 cm.) wide; 24 in. (62 cm.) deep