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CIRCA 1800
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A Dutch oak bureau-bookcase
Circa 1800
The arched cresting with dentilled cresting carved with a flower urn, above a pair of panelled doors with foliate carved borders, flanked by ebonised columns, enclosing a plain interior with two shelves and three base drawers, above two candle slides, the base section with a sloping flap, enclosing a fitted interior with a tambour shutter enclosing a plain interior with a drawer, flanked to either side by a pigeon-hole and four variously sized drawers, above a well with four secret drawers, above three drawers, between fluted pilasters and on square fluted tapering legs, minor restorations
240cm. high x 124cm. wide x 49cm. deep
Circa 1800
The arched cresting with dentilled cresting carved with a flower urn, above a pair of panelled doors with foliate carved borders, flanked by ebonised columns, enclosing a plain interior with two shelves and three base drawers, above two candle slides, the base section with a sloping flap, enclosing a fitted interior with a tambour shutter enclosing a plain interior with a drawer, flanked to either side by a pigeon-hole and four variously sized drawers, above a well with four secret drawers, above three drawers, between fluted pilasters and on square fluted tapering legs, minor restorations
240cm. high x 124cm. wide x 49cm. deep