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A CENTRAL GERMAN BAROQUE BURL WALNUT AND MARQUETRY BUREAU CABINET
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
With rectangular arched moulded cornice above a central cupboard door surrounded by ten short drawers released by a locking mechanism and enclosing a later cushion-moulded hinged glazed panel before eight short drawers, above a cushion-moulded slant-front enclosing seven open compartments and flanked by two narrow drawers, the serpentine base with three long drawers, on later short cabriole legs, inlaid throughout with geometric strapwork, courtly figures, floral sparys and exotic birds (restorations to marquetry) - 79in. (201cm.) high, 52½in. (133cm.) wide, 28in. (71.5cm.) deep
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
With rectangular arched moulded cornice above a central cupboard door surrounded by ten short drawers released by a locking mechanism and enclosing a later cushion-moulded hinged glazed panel before eight short drawers, above a cushion-moulded slant-front enclosing seven open compartments and flanked by two narrow drawers, the serpentine base with three long drawers, on later short cabriole legs, inlaid throughout with geometric strapwork, courtly figures, floral sparys and exotic birds (restorations to marquetry) - 79in. (201cm.) high, 52½in. (133cm.) wide, 28in. (71.5cm.) deep