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A GEORGE I FIGURED-WALNUT BUREAU-CABINET
Cross and featherbanded overall, the rectangular cavetto cornice above a pair of mirror-panelled doors, enclosing two columns each with four adjustable shelves, the lower section with a hinged slope enclosing a fitted interior with drawers, pigeon-holes and a sliding well, with a green baize-lined writing-surface, above two short and two long drawers, on later elm bun feet, the handles later
81 in. (206 cm.) high; 43½ in. (110.5 cm.) wide; 24¼ in. (61.5 cm.) deep
Cross and featherbanded overall, the rectangular cavetto cornice above a pair of mirror-panelled doors, enclosing two columns each with four adjustable shelves, the lower section with a hinged slope enclosing a fitted interior with drawers, pigeon-holes and a sliding well, with a green baize-lined writing-surface, above two short and two long drawers, on later elm bun feet, the handles later
81 in. (206 cm.) high; 43½ in. (110.5 cm.) wide; 24¼ in. (61.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
By descent with the Earls of Guilford, Waldershare Park, Dover, Kent or possibly Glemham Hall, Suffolk (which was sold in 1923).
Special notice
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