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CIRCA 1790-1800
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A Dutch walnut cylinder bureau
Circa 1790-1800
The rectangular top above the roll-top enclosing a fitted concave-fronted interior with a central tambour shutter enclosing a plain interior above a drawer, flanked to either side by a satinwood obelisk pilaster, flanked by a secret drawer, an open compartment and four variously sized drawers, above a sliding writing surface, above four graduated drawers, flanked by fluted pilasters with acanthus bases, on square fluted tapering legs, restorations, minor losses
114cm. high x 118cm. wide x 58cm. deep
Circa 1790-1800
The rectangular top above the roll-top enclosing a fitted concave-fronted interior with a central tambour shutter enclosing a plain interior above a drawer, flanked to either side by a satinwood obelisk pilaster, flanked by a secret drawer, an open compartment and four variously sized drawers, above a sliding writing surface, above four graduated drawers, flanked by fluted pilasters with acanthus bases, on square fluted tapering legs, restorations, minor losses
114cm. high x 118cm. wide x 58cm. deep