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A DUTCH SATINWOOD BUREAU-BOOKCASE, late 18th Century
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A DUTCH SATINWOOD BUREAU-BOOKCASE, late 18th Century
The waved moulded cornice centred by an asymetrical rockwork C-scroll and acanthus cartouche flanked by foliate trails, above a pair of raised waved moulded panelled doors enclosing a fitted interior with four serpentine-fronted shelves and three drawers, the candle-slides above a hinged slope enclosing a fitted interior with eight drawers and four pigeon-holes flanking a mirrored door above a well, above a simulated drawer, the bombé base section with two short and two long graduated drawers between canted angles, above a rockwork C-scroll waved apron and on claw-and-ball monopodiae, distressed, stamped twice N & A CAHN FINE ART DEALERS 27 & 28 CLARE ST DUBLIN
57½in. (146cm.) wide; 104½in. (266cm.) high; 28½in. (72.5cm.) deep
The waved moulded cornice centred by an asymetrical rockwork C-scroll and acanthus cartouche flanked by foliate trails, above a pair of raised waved moulded panelled doors enclosing a fitted interior with four serpentine-fronted shelves and three drawers, the candle-slides above a hinged slope enclosing a fitted interior with eight drawers and four pigeon-holes flanking a mirrored door above a well, above a simulated drawer, the bombé base section with two short and two long graduated drawers between canted angles, above a rockwork C-scroll waved apron and on claw-and-ball monopodiae, distressed, stamped twice N & A CAHN FINE ART DEALERS 27 & 28 CLARE ST DUBLIN
57½in. (146cm.) wide; 104½in. (266cm.) high; 28½in. (72.5cm.) deep