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AN ITALIAN LATE BAROQUE PARCEL-EBONIZED SCARLET LACQUER SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
With moulded arched cornice above a pair of shaped mirrored cupboard doors enclosing an interior fitted with a central arched cupboard door surrounded by twelve open compartments and five short drawers above a pair of candle-slides, the cushion-moulded slant-front opening to an interior with a cupboard, two short drawers and six pigeon holes above a compartment with a well, the base fitted with three long drawers, on moulded plinth and bracket feet, decorated throughout in silvering with chinoiseries (restoration to decoration) - 88in. (112cm.) high, 40½in. (103cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
With moulded arched cornice above a pair of shaped mirrored cupboard doors enclosing an interior fitted with a central arched cupboard door surrounded by twelve open compartments and five short drawers above a pair of candle-slides, the cushion-moulded slant-front opening to an interior with a cupboard, two short drawers and six pigeon holes above a compartment with a well, the base fitted with three long drawers, on moulded plinth and bracket feet, decorated throughout in silvering with chinoiseries (restoration to decoration) - 88in. (112cm.) high, 40½in. (103cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep