Lot Essay
A similar padouk bureau was advertised by Jonathan Harris in The Antique Collector, February 1989.
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18TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE-EXPORT HARDWOOD BUREAU
18th Century
The rectangular top with moulded border above a sloping fall-flap enclosing a fitted interior with five pigeon-holes, six small drawers and a well, above two short and two long graduated drawers, the sides with later carrying-handles, on shaped bracket feet, restorations, originally with a book-stop to the flap, rebacked
40¾ in. (103.5 cm.) high; 38¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 22¾ in. (58 cm.) deep
18th Century
The rectangular top with moulded border above a sloping fall-flap enclosing a fitted interior with five pigeon-holes, six small drawers and a well, above two short and two long graduated drawers, the sides with later carrying-handles, on shaped bracket feet, restorations, originally with a book-stop to the flap, rebacked
40¾ in. (103.5 cm.) high; 38¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 22¾ in. (58 cm.) deep