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The canted arched moulded cornice centred by a carved coat-of-arms and surmounted by ring-turned finials, above a pair of glazed doors enclosing a plain interior with two adjustable shelves, above a drawer, the canted angles headed by a foliate clasp and terminating in pierced outscrolling frets surmounted by a bird, the base with a hinged panelled fall-front enclosing an ash and ebonised interior with a panelled writing-surface, a central door centred by an oval portrait of a lady flanked to each side by ring-turned columns and three drawers above a sliding compartment, above three panelled drawers, on scrolled feet
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A German mahogany bureau cabinet
The canted arched moulded cornice centred by a carved coat-of-arms and surmounted by ring-turned finials, above a pair of glazed doors enclosing a plain interior with two adjustable shelves, above a drawer, the canted angles headed by a foliate clasp and terminating in pierced outscrolling frets surmounted by a bird, the base with a hinged panelled fall-front enclosing an ash and ebonised interior with a panelled writing-surface, a central door centred by an oval portrait of a lady flanked to each side by ring-turned columns and three drawers above a sliding compartment, above three panelled drawers, on scrolled feet
240cm. high x 110cm. wide x 56cm. deep
The canted arched moulded cornice centred by a carved coat-of-arms and surmounted by ring-turned finials, above a pair of glazed doors enclosing a plain interior with two adjustable shelves, above a drawer, the canted angles headed by a foliate clasp and terminating in pierced outscrolling frets surmounted by a bird, the base with a hinged panelled fall-front enclosing an ash and ebonised interior with a panelled writing-surface, a central door centred by an oval portrait of a lady flanked to each side by ring-turned columns and three drawers above a sliding compartment, above three panelled drawers, on scrolled feet
240cm. high x 110cm. wide x 56cm. deep
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.