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LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY
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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC POLYCHROME-PAINTED BUREAU-CABINET
Late 18th/Early 19th Century, the decoration probably late 19th century
The arched scrolled cornice above a cartouche decorated with a lambrequin canopy and a pair of doors each decorated with a standing woman within a scrolled foliate border, alternately pouring water from a ewer and next to a broken column with the capital in her hands, enclosing three shelves, the lower section with fall-front enclosing a large central pigeon hole flanked by twelve smaller compartments, above a pair of doors each decorated with a standing allegorical female figure of justice, on the left with a swords and scales, on the right with a mirror and a snake, enclosing two shelves, on a molded base and bracket feet
100in. (254cm.) high, 58¼in. (148cm.) wide, 17¾in. (45cm.) deep
Late 18th/Early 19th Century, the decoration probably late 19th century
The arched scrolled cornice above a cartouche decorated with a lambrequin canopy and a pair of doors each decorated with a standing woman within a scrolled foliate border, alternately pouring water from a ewer and next to a broken column with the capital in her hands, enclosing three shelves, the lower section with fall-front enclosing a large central pigeon hole flanked by twelve smaller compartments, above a pair of doors each decorated with a standing allegorical female figure of justice, on the left with a swords and scales, on the right with a mirror and a snake, enclosing two shelves, on a molded base and bracket feet
100in. (254cm.) high, 58¼in. (148cm.) wide, 17¾in. (45cm.) deep
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